He stuck the new sticker onto the garbage can and grinned.
You gotta know him to see the humor in this whole process.
It all began with something left on our doorstep a while back.
When I saw this mysterious pail, I was intrigued in an excited kind of way to see this gift. Some people do that, right? But I soon realized this was not a present and promptly stuck it in the garage to deal with at a later time.
I could not imagine finding room for a pail under my sink.
When I saw this mysterious pail, I was intrigued in an excited kind of way to see this gift. Some people do that, right? But I soon realized this was not a present and promptly stuck it in the garage to deal with at a later time.
I could not imagine finding room for a pail under my sink.
The time came on the first day of the year . . . we had to take time to inform ourselves. The pail was lined with brochures, a sticker and a magnet. In essence, the plan is to go one step further than just separating recyclables and trash. The pail is for food-related scraps, coffee filters, soiled cardboard food containers, tissue . . . decomposable stuff. You cannot line it with a plastic bag and you cannot line the large "compostable waste" trashcan outside with one either.
You can guess . . . someone will be having to wash the can every week . . .
Or not.
Tip #5 on reducing odor is to freeze ice cream pails of food scraps until your collection day. ~Seriously?
Now, before you think I'm showing some resistance here . . .
I cleaned out the area under my sink
and made room for the pail.
Let me confess, however, that for now
it is a strange feeling to open the cupboard door and stand there -
trying to figure out where my balled up wax paper goes . . .
or realize I just chucked egg shells into the wrong pail.
It really can't be that hard now, can it?
12 comments:
I promise it's not hard! And i have found this pail to be really good with the odor. We don't put ours out for pick-up as we have a compost area in our backyard, but we just swish some water in it (like, 1c) and put it back under the sink. :)
Once you are used to it it will amaze you how much food stuff etc goes in the garbage In Langley we've been doing this a year(I've been on board 6 months) I wash mine with some soapy hot water and line it with paper. One concern is with the outside can, the racoons are having a hay day because they smell all that food. How we have to wire our can shut. Happy New Year
Composting cuts down on so much garbage! When I lived in Victoria there was a compost bin in the backyard that would eventually break everything down enough for the landlord to use as soil/fertilizer in the gardens. I've never lived anywhere as compost-crazy as Victoria, but it's nice to see other places getting on board too. Let's see if Edmonton ever does!
That row of 3 openings for different kinds of refuse at the airport still confuses me. Good luck!
We've composted for years - great for the garden. When we lived in Parksville they began one of those programs, and we had one of those buckets under our sink. And yes, in the summer I freeze certain things - chicken bones and meat scraps - because, horror of horrors, we had maggots in our garbage once. With pick up only every other week, things can get pretty awful.
I hear Victoria is going to get those buckets soon, too. But I'll still be composting vegetable scraps in the back yard.
Love your take on this!
Oh the joys of living on a farm with a manure pile/pit!!! One can empty the pail anytime. The pail under my sink gets pretty smelly sometimes - it's just a plactic pail and I simply bleach and scrub it on occasion.
You'll get used to this program - it's a good thing to do!
I grew up with the 'Rosella method' on the farm. Since we are not on the farmyard now...I've had to improvise my 'composting methods'. It's all good, I know. It just takes a little practice.
I can see it all now! Grinning even now as I type this! :-)
You would think that living where we do, it would be a cinch to compost. I've thought about it, and considered how we could do it. It's not as easy as it would seem to be for us here. I don't want our dog to get into the pile. I don't want to attract critters. And then of course, there's the smell! I totally get your hesitancy. I'm not there yet, but I have a feeling that Isaac will be pushing the issue soon enough. He's our conservationist here. :-) Keep us posted on how it goes!
We'll be getting the same pail next year! Right now I compost all uncooked vegetable waste, coffee grounds and filters, tea bags and paper towels. I am not looking forward to having to keep bones, cooked food scraps, eggshells etc for an every-other-week pick up. I guess I'll be freezing horrid little bags of those things!
Good luck!
My little brown pail under the sink still is empty. I am ready though and already doing lots of recycling...it is just one more step...or two or three but who is counting?
you'll figure it out - we did... who knew Mission was ahead of Abby in the matter of "rot-pots" ?
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