I got an email the today letting me know that Seattle Public Utilities and Cedar Grove Compost are kicking off “Compostival.” They are celebrating the fact that local residents have composted 350,000 tons of yard waste, food scraps and paper in their provided yard bins . Holy cow! That is a lot of potential garbage turned into usable material!
“About one-third of what comes to the landfill every year is food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard waste that should instead go into the yard waste cart for composting to divert those resources from the landfill,” said Pat McLaughlin, director of the King County Solid Waste Division. “The average household generates nearly 50 pounds of food scraps and food-soiled paper each month, and we want to thank everyone who is already doing their part to increase recycling of this valuable resource.”
Here’s the best part, scratch tickets are available at Zeeks Pizza for chances to win tons of cool and FREE stuff {free pizza, free compost, and the grand prize of tickets to watch the Seahawks/Buccaneers game}. Each scratch ticket also includes a coupon for buy two compost bags, get one free.
If you want more information about the event, go HERE.
Way to turn trash into treasure Seattle,
Mavis
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jestjack says
What a cool event! We started using a “compost tumbler” this Summer and the results have been great. The tumbler is neater, keeps critters out of the stuff and speeds up digestion. Takes about 2/3 weeks when it’s hot to break it down…As a result of the composting and recycling efforts we basically have …no trash. Pretty cool as…. in this neck of the woods we must pay for trash collections and prices continue to climb. Thanks for a great article!