Happy Composting.
It has been almost a year since the Closed Loop started– one year of composting all of my food waste. I have got to say, the transition was not that difficult. I should start weighing the amount of compost I collect every week, it would be interesting to see how many pounds of food waste is composted in one year.
The photo above is what the compost bin looks like in my apartment in Atlanta. Somehow it always morphs into a smiley face… basically, we collect the food in a bin that is [unfortunately] lined with plastic bags. It is the easiest way to transport the compost to my roommmate’s house in rural Georgia. We are hopefully going to switch to biodegradable plastic bags soon. The Georgia Tech campus dining halls compost all their food waste — but they are hesitant to let students compost their food waste there as well.
I had no idea the dinning halls composted, that makes me feel a lot better!
Best compost bin photo I have ever seen!!!! This is great. Always good to encourage living green and make an effort ourselves. Love the blog! Nadia
What a awesome idea! I think composting is one of the ways to save the Earth.댜
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I want to compliment you on your efforts.
Since you travel with your compost, you might want to try partnering with a local coffee shop to pick up their grounds. Coffee grounds release methane when they decompose in a dump. They make a great addition to compost. Just a suggestion. 
Keep on truckin’.
Cheers
Perri
That is one cool picture. And its biodegradable. Hats off to ya.
I like your pic! Nice blog too.:)
Hi thanks for your interesting blog on composting. Before people get started they often think it will be more difficult than it really is. But its so good to see that you seem to be having fun with it. Composting and recycling can make us all feel like we are doing our bit.
You might be interested in this blog about the bokashi bucket. Its a sealed odour free system that you can use in your kitchen, and you get a great soil conditioner and liquid fertiliser after just 2 weeks! It also takes meat and fish as well as vegetable waste which is really handy!
http://gardeningwithchildren.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/recycle-your-kitchen-scraps-get-free-fertiliser-in-return/
Hi Krystal,
Thank you for working on making a difference.
When my family and I started composting our food waste we found our weekly garbage bag of non-recycables ended up being just a small bag about the size of the one in your photo. Which is tiny for a family.
We reduced our waste by choicing vegetables and fruits that were not packaged, cereal that is in bags without boxes etc and we simply brought cloth bags to the store for our food.
If it is of interest to you and your readers you can find ideas on how to make a small compost bin ideal for apartment on the City of Vancouver, BC website. This is the link. http://vancouver.ca/ENGSVCS/solidwaste/garbage/garbagetips.htm
In addition, as a business person I stopped printing books I wrote instead I offer e-books. As you know there are so many ways we can make a difference.
Best of success to you,
David
http://www.TheWonderTechnique.com
Awesome! A huge step towards making a greener surrounding.
Your research and topics are so cool: it is food for thought and it has change me into going green and making a difference on our planet;keep up the good work!