Compost? Compost!

Wow... Composting. I never thought I would ever do it. Not that I have a problem with it, but I never had a garden to do anything with compost and frankly, didn't really know much about it. But in Pittsburgh, where we do little to no recycling in general, it wasn't such a big deal.

Well, I am now here in SF and while I had been pretty good about separating paper and plastic, I never gave a thought to my other trash. My landlords pointed out yesterday that we have a compost bin and that paper towels and the like could also be put in compost. Well, I immediately began to wonder at what exactly could be composted. Turns out there is a website that tells me.

It's amazing the amount of stuff in our trash that is actually able to be used in compost. It makes me actually horrified that I hadn't been, and that other places still don't, doing this. So much of our trash can be used for good - and in SF, that means WINE as the compost goes to Napa Valley for some wineries to use! :D

I also found out about these biodegradable bags that you can use for storing compost trash before throwing it out in the trash.


Consider composting in your local area! And if they don't have it, consider writing to your local county government to institute it!