Green cart for compost goes live (was trial)

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by sputnik
Organic materials also need air and moisture to break down properly. Buried under a pile of garbage to then be covered by clay does nothing.

Question for someone who do their own composing.

How much water you need to throw at the compose? And how long does it take for it to break down? A week, 2 weeks?

We are ultra dry here. Unless we want to use water from river to break down organic garbage, composing is a waste of and resources. Leaving it above or below ground make very little difference.

[masoncgy]

[AndyL]

Not another f*cking bin...

[LollerBrader]

Originally posted by Xtrema


Question for someone who do their own composing.

How much water you need to throw at the compose? And how long does it take for it to break down? A week, 2 weeks?

Depends on your method. I'm lazy, and on a 1-year compost turnaround. Hypermanaged could be around a month - but only when it's warm out.

Originally posted by Xtrema

We are ultra dry here. Unless we want to use water from river to break down organic garbage, composing is a waste of and resources. Leaving it above or below ground make very little difference.

Think input vs output. The nutrient output recovered far outweighs the cost of the cost of the small investment of water.

That being said, I just let rainfall take care of mine. If I did choose to water, it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the many other ways we waste water in Calgary.

[2007RS4]

Not sure if we would use a composting bin at our household. We would most likely stuff the green bin with more blue bin materials.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by LollerBrader
Think input vs output. The nutrient output recovered far outweighs the cost of the cost of the small investment of water.

Then I'm for it as long as it doesn't cost taxpayer an extra dime and can cover cost by selling compose.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by LollerBrader

That being said, I just let rainfall take care of mine. If I did choose to water, it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the many other ways we waste water in Calgary.

You mean like the hundreds of commercial building green spaces that have their automatic sprinklers going on all summer, even during a week of record rainfall? Nah, nothing wasteful about that at all.

[LollerBrader]

Originally posted by Xtrema


Then I'm for it as long as it doesn't cost taxpayer an extra dime and can cover cost by selling compose.

I hope you are as rigorous with other matters.

[LollerBrader]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


You mean like the hundreds of commercial building green spaces that have their automatic sprinklers going on all summer, even during a week of record rainfall? Nah, nothing wasteful about that at all.

Does Xtrema know?

[kertejud2]

Originally posted by kenny
My thoughts on the matter, anyone that is interested in composting is already doing it.

People said the same about recycling.

Having said that, I'm not a fan of green bins for fear of the "Bullshit" scenario where all sorts of bins are set up. Edmonton separates their organic and inorganic waste, I'd rather see that happen here. Though the cost of the facility wouldn't be cheap. I'd rather start with a bunch of community drop-offs (similar to leaves and pumpkins) to help bring in the people on the fence, these can double for grass and such as well.

But I do have to say having a bin that I can just dump all my leaves and grass clippings into rather than struggling to put them in bags (seems a silly thing to struggle with) is somewhat appealing.

[PremiumRSX]

I hope we don't get more bins... they already take up more space in my garage than I'd like.

I would much prefer a community compost drop-off, if there was one, I'd use it.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by LollerBrader


I hope you are as rigorous with other matters.

I could careless about green bins as long as no extra fees needed to run the program. I probably will use them like I said, in summer and fall. I won't bother to separate organic vs non organic waste from within the house.

[lilmira]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...991/story.html

Looks like it's gonna be another big bin.

[Sugarphreak]

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[n1zm0]

another bin? for me that means also another bin inside the house for organics as i dont run outside to throw garbage or recycled items as soon as im done with them - just pile the crap up till thursday night, they're going to be some stank alleys if this goes through.

[LollerBrader]

Originally posted by Xtrema


I could careless about green bins as long as no extra fees needed to run the program.

I applaud your financial vigilance. Now that we've determined that the green bins aren't going to cause you pennies, perhaps we can turn our attention to the billions our government spends on warfare.

[Toma]

FUCK!!! Are they gonna stick me with buying the bin and a monthly fee like the other ones?

Fuckers.

[benyl]

Originally posted by Xtrema


I could careless about green bins as long as no extra fees needed to run the program.

Somebody has to pay for it. If it isn't user fees, then it will higher taxes or lost services.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Toma
FUCK!!! Are they gonna stick me with buying the bin and a monthly fee like the other ones?

Fuckers.

Haven't you moved into your Unabomber shack in the middle of nowhere yet?

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by LollerBrader


I applaud your financial vigilance. Now that we've determined that the green bins aren't going to cause you pennies, perhaps we can turn our attention to the billions our government spends on warfare.

Unfortunately, we can affect civil policies more than federal policies. And the final product of green bin can be a revenue generator, why do I need to subsidize a business? They are already getting my waste for free.