[BNM] [OT] Please don't hurt my peelings...

[Premasagar]

Maybe. But I think there is quite a difference between a nicely aerated 
compost heap ecosystem, and mixed waste tied in anaerobic plastic bags.

P.



paul perrin wrote:
> I can see it going to compost being a good thing (unless you end up with too
> much like I do - from all the grass clippings!), but is it going to land
> fill a bad thing?
>
> Once the land fill is full, something will have to be done about the amount
> of rubbish being generated... If our shopping didn't include the masses of
> packaging that it does, then we wouldn't need so many plastic carrier bags
> to transport it home....
>
> And if the land fill is full of loads of organic matter rather than pure
> nasties so much the better? - Hey fill them with earth and you wouldn't even
> know they had been there :-)
>
> On 04/03/2008, Premasagar <p at premasagar.com> wrote:
>   
>>    Are there any keen gardeners out there who'd like an ongoing, weekly
>> top-up of organic kitchen peelings for their compost...?
>>
>>    We don't have a garden, but don't want to dump it in landfill. Must
>> be within walking distance of Brunswick Square (unless you're happy to
>> collect it).
>>
>>    All this gets me thinking about setting up a location-based site
>> that connects producers and consumers of peelings, and producers and
>> consumers of compost... Enter your postcode => show me my nearest
>> compost bin; let me see a compost map of my neighbourhood. Social
>> Compost! Compost 2.0...
>>
>>    Cheers,
>>       Premasagar.
>>
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