Celebrate!!! Composting Is An Exciting New Initiative At CUCC!!
We have been
composting at CUCC for three months now (since June), and many of you are also putting
your home compost in the bin. That’s GREAT!!
During that
time, we have diverted ~1000 pounds of waste from landfills, and so have kept ~
500 pounds of CO2 equivalents from the air!
Here are some tips to help make us successful:
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During the week, put compost from home or from CUCC
in the 35 gal compost bin outside the door near the kitchen
·
During fellowship time, put compost in the small
“compost” bin near the coffee table
We do compost:
·
all food, including meat/bones/egg shells/cheese
·
paper plates and cups marked with the word
“compostable”*
·
coffee grounds & filters
·
paper towels and napkins
·
wooden stirrers & toothpicks
·
compostable plastic bin liners (green with
“compostable” on them)
·
paperboard berry containers
·
pizza boxes
We do not compost, we recycle:
·
bulletins and announcements
·
glass and plastic bottles & jars with the
lids screwed on
·
plastic tubs (not Styrofoam, and not the flat
lids)
·
cans
We do landfill:
·
Paper cups and plates that aren’t marked with
the word “compostable”*
·
Plastic cups (soft and rigid), even if they have
a recycling symbol on them
·
Flat plastic lids to plastic tubs (because they
get caught in stacks of paper)
·
Nametags (because of the sticky stuff)
·
Plastic wrap and soiled aluminum wrap.
We can do it! It’s easy.
Got a sorting question? Contact
Jane Smith smithjeg@mindspring.com.
*Most “paper” cups and “paper” plates have a slight plastic film (polyethylene)
coating them for waterproofing. The film
prevents the composting microbes from breaking down the paper, so these items just
lay there making a mess of the nutritious compost.
When we put too many “wrong” things in our compost bin, our composter,
FoodFWD, charges us a fee or stops working with us.