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Olivier Leroy<p>We are doing <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> at home, we have a very non organic soil and we feel bad that all of food waste are going to be burn or in land waste. </p><p>Hence I was curious what was the trend of composting in the US. It is kind of hard to find. You get big number with multiple kind of waste (intersting) here: </p><p><a href="https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/national-overview-facts-and-figures-materials" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">epa.gov/facts-and-figures-abou</span><span class="invisible">t-materials-waste-and-recycling/national-overview-facts-and-figures-materials</span></a></p><p>basic definitions and some numbers here </p><p><a href="https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/composting" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">epa.gov/sustainable-management</span><span class="invisible">-food/composting</span></a></p><p>I feel it should be communicated in a better way... </p><p>1/n</p>
Subcömandante ♠️ Midas 🦄<p>Ich bin Redakteur beim <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a> Magazin* und sage:<br><br>Für Alice Weidel und die AfD sind gestörte Kommentare wie die von Felix <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/hackenbruch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackenbruch</span></a> im <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/tagesspiegel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tagesspiegel</span></a> ein Hauptgewinn.<br><br>* <span class="h-card"><a href="https://compost-magazin.de/@redaktion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>redaktion</span></a></span><br><br>(via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@geist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geist</span></a></span>) <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/sommerinterview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sommerinterview</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Stop throwing regurgitated theory at me: We’re drowning in academic mess</strong></p> <p>The “common sense” of mainstreaming #deatcult worship is one thing. But a different side, i’m getting bored – and honestly frustrated – with people constantly throwing academic articles and dense theory into conversations about practical grassroots change. If academic knowledge worked in the real world, we wouldn’t be stuck in a permanent state of crisis. We wouldn’t be burning out. We wouldn’t be watching every radical initiative slowly get co-opted, neutralised, then […]</p> <a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/mastodon?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&amp;linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/reddit?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&amp;linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&amp;linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/threads?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&amp;linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/bluesky?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&amp;linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/x?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&amp;linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&amp;linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/stop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/stop-throwi</span><span class="invisible">ng-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess/</span></a></p>
Rae<p>Inside my yard are two <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> … one very done and one barely considered compost at the moment 😊</p>
Ronja<p>🌱&nbsp;Compost time!&nbsp; In onze gemeenschappelijke dorpstuin&nbsp;zijn we begonnen met het bouwen van compostbakken! </p><p>We zijn gestart met een&nbsp;proefopstelling: vier bakken naast elkaar. Van bovenaf lijken het net vier U’s ➡️&nbsp;UUUU. Zo kunnen we testen wat de handigste plek is.</p><p>Heb jij tips voor het bouwen van compostbakken? We horen graag jullie ervaringen! 💬</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/gardening" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gardening</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/homegrownfood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>homegrownfood</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Romilda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Romilda</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DuurzaamTuinieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuurzaamTuinieren</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gemeenschappelijktuinieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gemeenschappelijktuinieren</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tuin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tuin</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dorpskas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dorpskas</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/buurtproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buurtproject</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a></p>
Ronja<p>🌱&nbsp;Compost time!&nbsp; In onze gemeenschappelijke dorpstuin&nbsp;zijn we begonnen met het bouwen van compostbakken! </p><p>We zijn gestart met een&nbsp;proefopstelling: vier bakken naast elkaar. Van bovenaf lijken het net vier U’s ➡️&nbsp;UUUU. Zo kunnen we testen wat de handigste plek is.</p><p>Heb jij tips voor het bouwen van compostbakken? We horen graag jullie ervaringen! 💬</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/gardening" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gardening</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/homegrownfood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>homegrownfood</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Romilda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Romilda</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DuurzaamTuinieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuurzaamTuinieren</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gemeenschappelijktuinieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gemeenschappelijktuinieren</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tuin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tuin</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dorpskas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dorpskas</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/buurtproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buurtproject</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a></p>
Ronja<p>🌱&nbsp;Compost time!&nbsp; In onze gemeenschappelijke dorpstuin&nbsp;zijn we begonnen met het bouwen van compostbakken! </p><p>We zijn gestart met een&nbsp;proefopstelling: vier bakken naast elkaar. Van bovenaf lijken het net vier U’s ➡️&nbsp;UUUU. Zo kunnen we testen wat de handigste plek is.</p><p>Heb jij tips voor het bouwen van compostbakken? We horen graag jullie ervaringen! 💬</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/gardening" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gardening</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/homegrownfood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>homegrownfood</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Romilda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Romilda</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DuurzaamTuinieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuurzaamTuinieren</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gemeenschappelijktuinieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gemeenschappelijktuinieren</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tuin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tuin</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dorpskas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dorpskas</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/buurtproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buurtproject</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a></p>
Solarbird :flag_cascadia:<p>Workers are on strike against Republic Services - the waste disposal company - and there's no trash pickup in a whole bunch of areas.</p><p>That strike includes North King County and south Snohomish County, which is to say, hi.</p><p>Republic Services reps are doing a trash / recycling / etc dropoff location not far from me.</p><p>Does anyone know if the strikers have issued a statement opposing the use of those dropoffs? Do they have a position?</p><p>(It would be much easier and cheaper than trying to haul stuff to the closest transfer station, so I do actually care.)</p><p>eta: see my reply with what I've found, such as it is</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/RepublicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicServices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/trash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/YardWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YardWaste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a></p>
All for Gardening<p>Compost crisis: the dirty truth about peat ‘extractivism’ in Ireland <a href="https://www.allforgardening.com/1367180/compost-crisis-the-dirty-truth-about-peat-extractivism-in-ireland/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">allforgardening.com/1367180/co</span><span class="invisible">mpost-crisis-the-dirty-truth-about-peat-extractivism-in-ireland/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peat</span></a></p>
Broadfork<p>Digging out the black gold. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Manure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manure</span></a></p>
Broadfork<p>Compost maturing in the pallet bays. I find making compost a very therapeutic process. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I composted in the city (Allston-Brighton area -- where we had a small backyard and garden area. It can be done in the cities, and worm-composters can be kept under the sink... But for the faint of heart, many places are now offering <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GarbageToGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GarbageToGarden</span></a> services, or collection areas near community gardens...!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> Ask Your Municipality About a Low-Cost Compost Bin<br> <br>"Many towns and cities use MassDEP grant funds to buy compost bins directly from manufacturers, then sell them to residents at a discount. </p><p>"To learn if the community where you live has compost bins for sale, see the List of Massachusetts Compost Bin Distribution Programs in Additional Resources [at the original link].</p><p>"The bins most commonly available are: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthMachine</span></a> (with room for 10 cubic feet of material) and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewAgeComposter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewAgeComposter</span></a> (with a capacity of 24 cubic feet).</p><p>"Both units are easy to assemble, resist rodents, and break down organic materials well. At least half of the plastic that goes into them comes from products that consumers have used and recycled previously."</p><p>FMI:<br><a href="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/ask-your-municipality-about-a-low-cost-compost-bin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.gov/info-details/ask-your</span><span class="invisible">-municipality-about-a-low-cost-compost-bin</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReduceReuseRecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReduceReuseRecycle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycledPlastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecycledPlastic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Composters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composters</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainers</span></a> - Unfortunately, the deadline for purchasing this year has passed. But bug your municipality about buying in bulk for next year! [Similar programs exist in other states... I'll take a look-see after posting this.]</p><p>Maine Resource Recovery Association - <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a> and Solid Waste Management</p><p>2025 Spring Backyard <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> Supply Sale</p><p>It's that time of year again! Put in your bulk order today!</p><p>Backyard Composting Supplies</p><p>- Kitchen Pail<br>Collect food scraps for easy transfer to your compost bin.</p><p>- Lobster Trap Composter<br>Available in both a 3 and 4 foot size. Ideal for grass clippings, leaves, garden and food scraps. Comes with rings to assemble. Hog ring pliers are also available to order. MADE IN MAINE.</p><p>- REOTEMP Thermometer<br>Designed with a 20 inch stem this device is perfect for monitoring the interior temperature of your compost.</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthMachine</span></a> [I own two of these...]<br>80 gallon composting bin that converts, grass, leaves, and table scraps into an abundant supply of rich garden soil.</p><p>- Wingdigger<br>Use this handy tool to turn your compost. [I use a garden fork for that]</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RainBarrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RainBarrell</span></a><br>55 gallon capacity, collects rain water for your garden.</p><p>- Backyard <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a> Guide</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a> Containers and Carts<br>roll offs</p><p>- Recycling Carts<br>Easy handling curbside cart comes in 35, 64, 96 gallon sizes. Carts have excellent balance and stability. They are available in various colors.</p><p>- Recycling Bin<br>18 gallon curbside recycler for paper, cans, glass, plastics, etc. Holds up to 80 pounds, and allows for drainage of any liquids.</p><p>Contact us to order."</p><p><a href="https://mrra.net/home/products/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mrra.net/home/products/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarpunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarpunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReducingWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReducingWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Landfills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Landfills</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MRRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MRRA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BackyardComposting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackyardComposting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodWasteComposting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWasteComposting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RainwaterCollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RainwaterCollection</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, my neighbor (who is on our town's select board) made the excellent suggestion that places that are more rural should invest in providing low-cost or free composters for folks to compost their own food waste (something that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecomaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecomaine</span></a> encourages)! Some more urban areas use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GarbageToGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GarbageToGarden</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeCompostIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeCompostIt</span></a> services [see next post] to deal with food waste, which is sometimes where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Agricycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agricycle</span></a> gets involved! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EcoMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcoMaine</span></a> has been partnering with Agricycle since 2016!</p><p>Ecomaine Launches Food Waste Recovery Service</p><p>Maine Public | By Patty Wight<br>Published September 7, 2016</p><p>"Open up a refrigerator and the chances of finding limp lettuce or soggy squash are pretty high. Here in the U.S., it’s likely that this food will find its way into the garbage — according to the USDA, at least 30 percent of the nation’s food supply is wasted.</p><p>"A new program launched Wednesday by ecomaine aims to get that food out of the trash and give it a second life as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> or energy.</p><p>"When confronted with produce past its prime, says ecomaine’s CEO Kevin Roche, there’s really one major roadblock that steers people toward dropping it in the trash versus a compost bucket.</p><p>" 'The ‘ick’ factor is what I call it,' he says.</p><p>"Rotten food is messy, it smells and it attracts fruit flies. But Roche says ecomaine now has a unique way to manage the ick factor: by sealing that food waste in a clear plastic bag.</p><p>" 'You go to the grocery store, and when you buy your oranges or your head of broccoli, and the first thing you usually do is put it in a clear bag. And we feel that could be an avenue for us to contain the ick factor and get a second use out of that plastic bag,' he says.</p><p>"Starting Wednesday, ecomaine accepts food waste knotted up in plastic bags. Ecomaine doesn’t collect the bags itself. It consolidates waste picked up by commercial services, such as Garbage to Garden or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeCompostIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeCompostIt</span></a>!, at a cost of about $55 a ton.</p><p>"On Wednesday morning, a collection truck from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AgriCycleEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgriCycleEnergy</span></a> unloads a giant salad of rotten corn, peppers, tomatoes and other produce at ecomaine’s facility in Portland.</p><p>" 'We’re collecting from restaurants, colleges, hospitals, and a variety of other generators of food waste,' says Dan Bell, manager at Agri-Cycle Energy in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExeterMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExeterMaine</span></a>, where all of this produce consolidated at ecomaine will eventually go.</p><p>" 'A special machine at Agri-Cycle Energy removes the plastic bags, which are returned to ecomaine to be burned for electricity. The food waste, meanwhile, is blended with an equal amount of cow <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manure</span></a> from a nearby dairy farm, then heated and churned for about 30 days using a process called anaerobic digestion.</p><p>" 'We have two large domes, and it’s essentially enclosed, so we’re capturing all of the gases in the process of breaking down food waste,' Bell says.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biogas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biogas</span></a> is used to produce heat and electricity. And the food waste, he says Bell, turns into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fertilizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fertilizer</span></a> and animal bedding.</p><p>" 'This is material that’s been in the waste stream forever. And it always will be. And it’ll always be something that has to be handled. But pulling it out and removing it and source separating it allows companies like ours and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/digesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digesters</span></a> across the country to put that material to work for us, versus just sitting in a landfill,' he says.</p><p>"Because food generally doesn’t break down in landfills. A couple years ago, Roche says ecomaine dug down into one of its landfills.</p><p>" 'We found chicken breasts that were 25 years old, tomatoes, Ruffles potato chips that were 25 years old,' he says.</p><p>"Roche says businesses and consumers can prevent food waste through correct planning. But when lost or forgotten food is discovered in the dark recesses of a fridge, that’s where ecomaine’s food waste recovery program comes in.</p><p>"Initially, he says, it won’t account for a huge chunk of what ecomaine processes, which amounts to 170,000 tons of trash and 45,000 tons of recycling per year.</p><p>" 'Even if we can get upwards of five tons a year, we feel that would be a good start to our program,' Roche says.</p><p>"It’s an important step, he says, toward reaching Maine’s statewide recycling goal of 50 percent by 2021." </p><p>[I'm wondering how close Maine is to that goal?]</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2016-09-07/ecomaine-launches-food-waste-recovery-service" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/environment-an</span><span class="invisible">d-outdoors/2016-09-07/ecomaine-launches-food-waste-recovery-service</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarpunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarpunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Digesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Digesters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReducingWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReducingWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Landfills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Landfills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WasteToEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WasteToEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a></p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p>RHS<br>"Recycling your garden waste into home-made compost is both easy and environmentally friendly. Here we look at the basics of making this valuable soil improver and mulch."<br><a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/soil-composts-mulches/composting" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rhs.org.uk/soil-composts-mulch</span><span class="invisible">es/composting</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Horticulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horticulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GardeningMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardeningMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/RHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SoilQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoilQuality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SoilBiodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoilBiodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SoilRemediation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoilRemediation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Mulch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mulch</span></a></p>
Kingfisher<p>Oh yeah! New 3 bay <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> bin to replace the old one made of pallets. Fancy!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/237764/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/237764/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Should bioplastics be counted as compost? Debate pits farmers against manufacturers <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnimalMaterial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalMaterial</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bioplastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bioplastic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>company</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crop</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWaste</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GregPryor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GregPryor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NutrientRichSoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NutrientRichSoil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PlasticInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Product" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Product</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ToxicChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicChemical</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/38372/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/38372/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Should bioplastics be counted as compost? Debate pits farmers against manufacturers <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnimalMaterial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalMaterial</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bioplastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bioplastic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Company</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crop</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWaste</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GregPryor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GregPryor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NutrientRichSoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NutrientRichSoil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PlasticInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/product" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>product</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ToxicChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicChemical</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The ancestors of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Menominee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Menominee</span></a> Indian Tribe of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> built earthen mounds to grow crops. The site could be the largest preserved archaeological field system in the eastern United States</p><p>by Sarah Kuta - Daily Correspondent<br>June 10, 2025</p><p>"Hundreds of years before the arrival of the first Europeans, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> farmers were growing crops like squash, corn and beans in earthen mounds they built on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.</p><p>"The mounds—created by the ancestors of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin—likely represent the largest preserved archaeological field system in the eastern United States, according to a study published this month in the journal Science.</p><p>"Archaeologists discovered the mounds in May 2023 during the brief window between winter and spring. The winter snow had melted, but the leaves had not yet appeared on the trees. They surveyed 330 acres using a drone equipped with a laser that mapped subtle features on the surface—a remote sensing technique known as lidar.</p><p>"The team mapped an area that has cultural and historical importance to the Menominee. Located along the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MenomineeRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MenomineeRiver</span></a> on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MichiganWisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichiganWisconsin</span></a> border, this region is known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnaemOmot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnaemOmot</span></a>, or the 'Dog’s Belly.'</p><p>"The lidar uncovered a quilt-like pattern of parallel ridges that range from four to 12 inches tall. The mounds extend beyond the study area, suggesting the ancestral Menominee agricultural system was ten times larger than previously thought.</p><p>"The fact that the mounds still exist is unusual.</p><p>" 'Most field systems have been either lost or destroyed due to intensive land use across most of North America, through farming, including pastures and the cutting down of trees for urban development,' says co-author Jesse Casana, an anthropologist at Dartmouth College, in a statement.</p><p>"The research gives scientists a 'little window' into what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreColonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PreColonial</span></a> life was like for the ancestral <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MenomineePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MenomineePeople</span></a>, Casana adds.</p><p>"During their excavations, the scientists also found several artifacts, including charcoal and fragments of broken ceramics. These discoveries suggest that the area’s Indigenous farmers may have dumped their household waste and the remnants of fires onto their fields, using them as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a>. Samples taken from the mounds suggest the farmers enriched the dirt with soil from nearby wetlands.</p><p>"The results indicate that ancestral Menominee people dedicated a lot of time and energy to agriculture in a remote area. The team has not found any significant settlement sites in the region—only a few small villages.</p><p>" 'It requires a lot of labor to create these fields, to clear the forest,' says Susan Kooiman, an anthropologist at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville who was not involved with the research, to NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce. 'This is dense forest, now and then. To clear it, only with stone tools, is a lot of labor, a lot of work. … The amount of work, and just how far these fields extend, is beyond anything that I think people suspected was going on this far north in eastern North America.' "</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-field-where-native-american-farmers-grew-corn-beans-and-squash-1000-years-ago-discovered-in-michigan-180986758/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">massive-field-where-native-american-farmers-grew-corn-beans-and-squash-1000-years-ago-discovered-in-michigan-180986758/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Menominee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Menominee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalFoods</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalFarming</span></a></p>
Broadfork<p>I gave the hot compost another turn. It was still at 55°C but falling. The temperature was 42°C after the turn. The pile was watered to help the microbial activity build the temperature once more. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a></p>