Comments on: On bags and recycling http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mattsmalley http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-15432 mattsmalley Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:20:49 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/#comment-15432 My wife and I recently picked up some bio bags (www.biobagusa.com) and love them. I've seen them at various places like pcc. Also I can't find it on the manufacturer's site but they make a little plastic bin that we found at City People's garden supply (http://www.citypeoples.com/gardenstore/index.html) We keep under our sink and just take the bag out once a week or so. I've never noticed any fowl smell at all from our compost, but regular garbage can almost always smells as that's where the fish and meat scraps and things end up. My wife and I recently picked up some bio bags (www.biobagusa.com) and love them. I’ve seen them at various places like pcc. Also I can’t find it on the manufacturer’s site but they make a little plastic bin that we found at City People’s garden supply (http://www.citypeoples.com/gardenstore/index.html) We keep under our sink and just take the bag out once a week or so. I’ve never noticed any fowl smell at all from our compost, but regular garbage can almost always smells as that’s where the fish and meat scraps and things end up.

]]> By: Dylan http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-15428 Dylan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:05:26 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/#comment-15428 I've been using a ,a href="http://www.globeequipment.com/Catalog/CAM!4SFSCW.html">CamSquare 4-qt container I picked up years ago. Big enough to hold most food scraps, small enough you have to empty before it starts to reek, comes with a nice lid, dishwasher safe polycarbonate. Unfortunately, it's polycarbonate, so I've been unwittingly putting bisphenol A into the recycling bin after runs through the dishwasher. I’ve been using a ,a href="http://www.globeequipment.com/Catalog/CAM!4SFSCW.html">CamSquare 4-qt container I picked up years ago. Big enough to hold most food scraps, small enough you have to empty before it starts to reek, comes with a nice lid, dishwasher safe polycarbonate.

Unfortunately, it’s polycarbonate, so I’ve been unwittingly putting bisphenol A into the recycling bin after runs through the dishwasher.

]]> By: kayvaan http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-15425 kayvaan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:33:37 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/#comment-15425 everything sounds hard until you start doing it and work out a system. that's the thing about people - we're ingenious at adapting. that's why we're succesful. we bought a small ceramic jar with a lid (maybe a gallon tops) that we keep on the kitchen counter. all food scraps (minus meat and bones) and used paper towels go in there during the day. every night i take it out to the yard waste bin and then rinse it. no bag necessary. it's not that hard. really. every now and then we'll have something big like a watermelon and the rind is just too much so i just take it directly out to the bin. i know that for some people in apartments that trip may be longer, so maybe you have to be a bit more ingenious. but you'll figure it out! :) btw - any counter-top food-scrap container that has a lid and is emptied once a day will not need a silly charcoal filter. that's just a gimmick. those containers are so small that you have to empty them daily anyway. everything sounds hard until you start doing it and work out a system. that’s the thing about people – we’re ingenious at adapting. that’s why we’re succesful.

we bought a small ceramic jar with a lid (maybe a gallon tops) that we keep on the kitchen counter. all food scraps (minus meat and bones) and used paper towels go in there during the day. every night i take it out to the yard waste bin and then rinse it.

no bag necessary. it’s not that hard. really.

every now and then we’ll have something big like a watermelon and the rind is just too much so i just take it directly out to the bin.

i know that for some people in apartments that trip may be longer, so maybe you have to be a bit more ingenious. but you’ll figure it out! :)

btw – any counter-top food-scrap container that has a lid and is emptied once a day will not need a silly charcoal filter. that’s just a gimmick. those containers are so small that you have to empty them daily anyway.

]]> By: wesa http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-15424 wesa Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:48:30 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/#comment-15424 I bought a dry food Rubbermaid container from Value Village for a dollar a year ago. It keeps the smell from spreading, narrow enough to store under the sink next to the trash and recycle bins, it holds a few days worth of scraps, and is small enough to easily rinse under the tap. No need to spend big bucks. I bought a dry food Rubbermaid container from Value Village for a dollar a year ago. It keeps the smell from spreading, narrow enough to store under the sink next to the trash and recycle bins, it holds a few days worth of scraps, and is small enough to easily rinse under the tap. No need to spend big bucks.

]]> By: rakka http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-15421 rakka Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:51:10 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/07/28/on-bags-and-recycling/#comment-15421 colin, there's no need for super special composting bags or containers. the bf and i have been using our apartment's yard waste bin for composting for a while and we store our vegetable scraps in a tupperware container that we keep in our fridge. we line on the bottom of said container with shredded junk mail to help keep coffee ground leachate from getting too gross when we eventully take it out to be composted. no fuss, no muss, no rotting stench. colin, there’s no need for super special composting bags or containers. the bf and i have been using our apartment’s yard waste bin for composting for a while and we store our vegetable scraps in a tupperware container that we keep in our fridge. we line on the bottom of said container with shredded junk mail to help keep coffee ground leachate from getting too gross when we eventully take it out to be composted. no fuss, no muss, no rotting stench.

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