Recycling is one way to reduce how much trash goes to local landfills, but there’s still more you can do. Ever thought about composting? Living in the city is no excuse anymore to throw those food scraps in the trash. There are options out there, and all of them actually are good rather than just not bad.
For as little as $3.60 a month, the city of Seattle will pick up your compostables and even provide the bin. From the curb it goes to Cedar Grove Composting in Everett, where the finished compost products are sold for around $20/cubic yard.For more of a hands-on approach, there are plenty of companies these days selling easy-to-use tumbling composters that yield usable, soil-enriching compost in about a month. A quick check on Froogle.com shows tumbling units ranging from the mid-$100s to over $400 depending on capacity and features.
It’s a unique moment when, with a small amount of effort, it’s easy to cut dramatically the amount of waste we produce while making our immediate environment richer and healthier at the same time. For more information about composting in Seattle, check out this great article at worldchanging.com.
Happy composting!
