I seem to recall reading somewhere that Styrofoam can be used to aerate compost. Because it doesn't decompose or absorb water, if you break it into small pieces and mix it in with your compost it will help to increase air access.
I did a quick google to try and learn more and found a good article at blogonsmog.com that covers this and some other suggestions as to what you can do with Styrofoam:
1) Find a local industrial composting company who will take the Styrofoam to aerate their compost (if you have too much to use in your own compost).
2) Offer large clean pieces to schools, community centres and craft stores for re-use in craft projects.
3) Break them up into small pieces and save them for home projects such as bean bag chairs or dog beds.
4) Find a recycling company that can take Styrofoam and ship it there.
I like the dog bed idea... lol... I might try that one myself :-)
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5 Ways To Reduce Food Waste
I love my dog - he helps me go green:
1) Let your dog clean your plates (literally, or scrape the food into his dog dish). Some restraint is necessary here because a dog that is overfed table scraps can become unhealthy pretty quickly.
2) Cook, and buy, less. I know, I know... this is really hard: "better to have too much than to run out." Hmmm. Maybe, as a society, we eat too much anyway? Dunno. Just puttin' it out there...
3) Compost (this is tricky if you live in an apartment, unless you're really really into plants).
4) Use leftovers. My hubby shakes his head at me for keeping odds and ends in the fridge, but sometimes the next day the kids will eat them. Once they're a few days old then I either let pooch or the trash can have 'em. At least this way they've had a shot at being used, rather than just being discarded.
5) Freeze what you can. I was habitually buying too much fruit and seeing some of it spoil until it occurred to me that I could freeze some to use in smoothies.
(My dog is shaking his head at me... he thinks items 2 through 5 are silly...)
1) Let your dog clean your plates (literally, or scrape the food into his dog dish). Some restraint is necessary here because a dog that is overfed table scraps can become unhealthy pretty quickly.
2) Cook, and buy, less. I know, I know... this is really hard: "better to have too much than to run out." Hmmm. Maybe, as a society, we eat too much anyway? Dunno. Just puttin' it out there...
3) Compost (this is tricky if you live in an apartment, unless you're really really into plants).
4) Use leftovers. My hubby shakes his head at me for keeping odds and ends in the fridge, but sometimes the next day the kids will eat them. Once they're a few days old then I either let pooch or the trash can have 'em. At least this way they've had a shot at being used, rather than just being discarded.
5) Freeze what you can. I was habitually buying too much fruit and seeing some of it spoil until it occurred to me that I could freeze some to use in smoothies.
(My dog is shaking his head at me... he thinks items 2 through 5 are silly...)
Naples and Garbage
When I saw the beginning of this CTV news story about the garbage crisis in Naples, I was expecting to hear that the absence of pick ups were related to some kind of labour dispute or protest. When the news story revealed that it was because the landfills are full, I could not believe my ears...
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