Many ways to compost!

User: katie@medfield.tv

Vendor: Drive Green - Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Action: 2372 - Don't trash foodscraps

I just started composting this summer. I put it off for many years because of various personal factors (moving, no counter space, no compost bin, etc.) but mainly because it sounded so complicated and I had no idea what I was doing! After listening to Stephanie Seferian's podcast, Sustainable Minimalists, I gained the confidence to JUST DO IT. In episode 81: Composting for Beginners at Home, Stephanie and her guest promote products for helping to minimize kitchen smells and speed up the process of composting. However, to keep myself from buying new, I just started my own compost pile in the wooded section of my backyard. I put my produce scraps, coffee grounds, and eggshells in a lidded take-out container (extra points for reusing a non-recyclable plastic item!) and take it out to my compost pile (mixed with leaves, grass clippings and lots of worms) on a regular basis. That helps to keep the smell out of my kitchen and my trash. It also helps to keep organic materials from being incinerated, which releases harmful chemicals and pollutants into the atmosphere.