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So you think you compost big time? Check this out...
Hello
This is for all you avid composters out there. I compost lots (from neighbours, my own kitchen waste and several local restaurants) but I found a magnificent effort being done in San Francisco, USA. I can't provide the site but I can give you something to do a search on the WWW. Do a search for Jepson Prairie Organics. Their site will give you plenty of links to check out. Should you not be able to find the site, post a message in this thread and I will find out what it is. I was so excited about this, that I just wanted to pass the information on to you all. As an intro: A quote from the San Francisco Examiner, written by Jo Stanley/Staff Writer, dated Sept 2/04: "Every day, four or five 18-wheelers (a very large lorry) head north from San Francisco carrying a precious but unusual cargo: 300 tons of food scraps headed for a giant composting plant in...." I am excited about the participation level and, more importantly, the results! Composting does seem to work...really, really well! And the plants and worms love it. Gary Fort Langley, BC Canada |
"Gary" wrote in message ... Hello This is for all you avid composters out there. I compost lots (from neighbours, my own kitchen waste and several local restaurants) but I found a magnificent effort being done in San Francisco, USA. I can't provide the site but I can give you something to do a search on the WWW. Do a search for Jepson Prairie Organics. Their site will give you plenty of links to check out. Should you not be able to find the site, post a message in this thread and I will find out what it is. I was so excited about this, that I just wanted to pass the information on to you all. As an intro: A quote from the San Francisco Examiner, written by Jo Stanley/Staff Writer, dated Sept 2/04: "Every day, four or five 18-wheelers (a very large lorry) head north from San Francisco carrying a precious but unusual cargo: 300 tons of food scraps headed for a giant composting plant in...." I am excited about the participation level and, more importantly, the results! Composting does seem to work...really, really well! And the plants and worms love it. This is a growing activity in the UK and has now been put in practice by the appropriate authorities in most cities and many towns. I obtain most of my compost from my local council. Franz |
This is the second time I've tried replying to this post, so apologies if I
am duplicating. It sounds like a great idea but just how do you go about getting compost from your local council? Our council (Derbyshire Dales) is about to start a wheely bin scheme including one for garden waste, so I may be able to take advantage..... Bruce "Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... "Gary" wrote in message ... Hello This is for all you avid composters out there. I compost lots (from neighbours, my own kitchen waste and several local restaurants) but I found a magnificent effort being done in San Francisco, USA. I can't provide the site but I can give you something to do a search on the WWW. Do a search for Jepson Prairie Organics. Their site will give you plenty of links to check out. Should you not be able to find the site, post a message in this thread and I will find out what it is. I was so excited about this, that I just wanted to pass the information on to you all. As an intro: A quote from the San Francisco Examiner, written by Jo Stanley/Staff Writer, dated Sept 2/04: "Every day, four or five 18-wheelers (a very large lorry) head north from San Francisco carrying a precious but unusual cargo: 300 tons of food scraps headed for a giant composting plant in...." I am excited about the participation level and, more importantly, the results! Composting does seem to work...really, really well! And the plants and worms love it. This is a growing activity in the UK and has now been put in practice by the appropriate authorities in most cities and many towns. I obtain most of my compost from my local council. Franz |
"Bruce" wrote in message ... "Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... "Gary" wrote in message ... Hello This is for all you avid composters out there. I compost lots (from neighbours, my own kitchen waste and several local restaurants) but I found a magnificent effort being done in San Francisco, USA. I can't provide the site but I can give you something to do a search on the WWW. Do a search for Jepson Prairie Organics. Their site will give you plenty of links to check out. Should you not be able to find the site, post a message in this thread and I will find out what it is. I was so excited about this, that I just wanted to pass the information on to you all. As an intro: A quote from the San Francisco Examiner, written by Jo Stanley/Staff Writer, dated Sept 2/04: "Every day, four or five 18-wheelers (a very large lorry) head north from San Francisco carrying a precious but unusual cargo: 300 tons of food scraps headed for a giant composting plant in...." I am excited about the participation level and, more importantly, the results! Composting does seem to work...really, really well! And the plants and worms love it. This is a growing activity in the UK and has now been put in practice by the appropriate authorities in most cities and many towns. I obtain most of my compost from my local council. This is the second time I've tried replying to this post, so apologies if I am duplicating. It sounds like a great idea but just how do you go about getting compost from your local council? Our council (Derbyshire Dales) is about to start a wheely bin scheme including one for garden waste, so I may be able to take advantage..... It is available at all the public waste disposal sites of my council. Why don't you ring you local council and ask them where to get it? Franz |
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In article , Gary
writes Yes, and let us all know the results...I for one like to hear of more and more recyclables being recycled...and not just dumped some place. In Canada there are many restaurants that still throw the stuff into the garbage and it goes to landfills. I would think in the UK it gets dumped in the ocean. Why would you think we routinely dump our refuse into the ocean? -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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"Gary Davis" wrote in message ... [snip] Are you telling me that refuse is not dumped in the ocean? Yes. That is what we are telling you. There might still be the occasional very remote place where this still happens, but it has ceased for all practical purposes since the EU started making noises about the practice a few decades ago. What do you do with it? I am very interested. Bottles, aluminum cans etc. What happens to them? I put them, and also paper, in specially designated rubbish containers provided by the local authority. And plastic? Search me. Is there a website available about recycling in the UK? Possibly. Try Googling. Franz |
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On 12/11/04 12:29 am, in article , "Gary
Davis" wrote: On 11/11/04 4:57 AM, in article , "Kay" wrote: In article , Gary writes Yes, and let us all know the results...I for one like to hear of more and more recyclables being recycled...and not just dumped some place. In Canada there are many restaurants that still throw the stuff into the garbage and it goes to landfills. I would think in the UK it gets dumped in the ocean. Why would you think we routinely dump our refuse into the ocean? Are you telling me that refuse is not dumped in the ocean? What do you do with it? I am very interested. Bottles, aluminum cans etc. What happens to them? And plastic? Is there a website available about recycling in the UK? Gary Plastic and glass and aluminium are recycled. All councils seem to differ in their approach but here in the South Hams we have to have 4 waste bins. One is a food rubbish bin and takes food as well as anything which doesn't come into the other categories. One is for old newspapers, envelopes (not the window kind) paper generally, another is for cardboard and brown paper envelopes etc. and yet another is for tins (washed out) and plastic bottles without their caps. We have to take all glass to a skip and these are usually located in local car parks or in the car park of a supermarket. The glass is separated out into green, brown and clear. Plastic shopping bags have either to be thrown away in the food bins - I was surprised that they're not recycled - or used over and over again until they fall to pieces. Some supermarkets give you a little money off your shopping every time you re-use a bag (not necessarily theirs) and our local organic shop asks you to donate 5p to charity each time you take a recycled bag from their pile. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
On 12/11/04 12:29 am, in article , "Gary
Davis" wrote: snip Is there a website available about recycling in the UK? www.recyclenow.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3687692.stm There are plenty more sites if you Google. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
In message , Gary Davis
writes On 11/11/04 12:20 PM, in article , "Janet Baraclough.." wrote: The message from Gary contains these words: I would think in the UK it gets dumped in the ocean. I have been wrong so many times that it does not hurt anymore. Would you be kind enough to enlighten me by teaching me just what/how the UK disposes of its garbage. Overall the UK is pretty bad by European standards, but still does not throw stuff gratuitously into the ocean any more. Part of the problem is the lazy slob like behaviour of a proportion of the population fly tipping etc. I already know that there are many things that cannot be recycled in a positive way. Even some of the things that cannot be recycled in a positive way are best off separated from the generic landfill waste for heavy metal toxicity etc. The rest ends up as landfill and we are rapidly running out of space! Incinerators tend to suffer from nimby problems and some were badly run leading to all sorts of fume problems around them. My own local council in North Yorkshire collects general garbage and compostable garbage on alternate weeks (not entirely popular). They also collect waste paper periodically at the kerbside too (today in fact). They provide recycling centres and facilitate collection points for glass/plastic/tins/old clothes at most large supermarkets. The best local one will accept as separate waste streams: Acids/Chemicals/Drugs Asbestos Cardboard Dead batteries Garden Waste Glass/Bottles Paper Sump oil Tins White Goods Wood I may have missed some categories. They don't accept plastic bottles, although the skips at a DIY store 500m down the road from them do. That is almost as good a recycling scheme as on the continent. But Hambleton Council are a lot better than most. I expect there is something about their recycling scheme and environmental policy on the website: http://www.hambleton.gov.uk Regards, -- Martin Brown |
"Gary" wrote in message
... I would think in the UK it gets dumped in the ocean. That's right. Also, we can't buy jam or cheese here in the UK, (told to me by a Canadian). |
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