NT recycling, waste management
recycling tins - tried & tested & Nunavut dont think its worth it
idea - schools to have "tin compressors" / money for your tin project
waste: they burn waste & the heat just goes up in smoke
option - to recycle this heat to heat up schools
aeroplanes fly in to bring stock, fly out with waste
some "nature reserves have lots of tin can pollution
toxic waste just gets mixed up with other waste ( bateries/ refrigirators/paint/oil)
http://northernchirp.blogspot.com/2008/06/1000-household-helpers-move-in.html
1,000 Household Helpers Move In
One of the conundrums about living up here is what to do with compost. There are no community-wide composting programs here (there is one small test one for a few households, but nothing we could participate in). It was a shock to start throwing everything in the garbage again after years of getting used to more and more recycling and composting. (It was also sooooo easy to start doing ....) It also seemed crazy not to compost, because the outdoor soil here is almost all rock and gravel (with patches of moss etc on the tundra, but nothing you could garden with).
So, I began to dream of worms. Compost worms. To chew up our compost and give us nice soil in return. I have friends who have used compost worms in apartments, etc. for years, and swear by them. So I became obsessed with getting compost worms. I blogged about this before: I was plotting how to ship up compost worms - send them by air cargo? take them on the plane as 'pets'?
Then some friends up here phoned us to tell us they were moving and wanted their compost worms to go to a good home. So, about 1,000 little household helpers moved in on Saturday. They were a little spooked by the move, so there were a couple wild escape attempts at first, but as soon as we kept the lid off the bin and shone light in, they all burrowed back down into their dark wonderland. It amazes me that they are so efficient, and industrious, and don't even smell! And you can actually HEAR them if you get up close to the box. I'm very excited about their arrival. Go worms go!
Posted by Northern Chirpat 10:06 PM
1 comments:
Maggie said...
Should you need tips about worm wrangling, please don't hesitate to call us and Al can give you advice. Last time our worms made a break for it, Al diagnosed a combination of lack of food and too much moisture. He added a new layer of shredded newspaper to the top. He also highly recommends the book "worms eat my garbage".
recycling tins - tried & tested & Nunavut dont think its worth it
idea - schools to have "tin compressors" / money for your tin project
waste: they burn waste & the heat just goes up in smoke
option - to recycle this heat to heat up schools
aeroplanes fly in to bring stock, fly out with waste
some "nature reserves have lots of tin can pollution
toxic waste just gets mixed up with other waste ( bateries/ refrigirators/paint/oil)
http://northernchirp.blogspot.com/2008/06/1000-household-helpers-move-in.html
1,000 Household Helpers Move In
One of the conundrums about living up here is what to do with compost. There are no community-wide composting programs here (there is one small test one for a few households, but nothing we could participate in). It was a shock to start throwing everything in the garbage again after years of getting used to more and more recycling and composting. (It was also sooooo easy to start doing ....) It also seemed crazy not to compost, because the outdoor soil here is almost all rock and gravel (with patches of moss etc on the tundra, but nothing you could garden with).
So, I began to dream of worms. Compost worms. To chew up our compost and give us nice soil in return. I have friends who have used compost worms in apartments, etc. for years, and swear by them. So I became obsessed with getting compost worms. I blogged about this before: I was plotting how to ship up compost worms - send them by air cargo? take them on the plane as 'pets'?
Then some friends up here phoned us to tell us they were moving and wanted their compost worms to go to a good home. So, about 1,000 little household helpers moved in on Saturday. They were a little spooked by the move, so there were a couple wild escape attempts at first, but as soon as we kept the lid off the bin and shone light in, they all burrowed back down into their dark wonderland. It amazes me that they are so efficient, and industrious, and don't even smell! And you can actually HEAR them if you get up close to the box. I'm very excited about their arrival. Go worms go!
Posted by Northern Chirpat 10:06 PM
1 comments:
Maggie said...
Should you need tips about worm wrangling, please don't hesitate to call us and Al can give you advice. Last time our worms made a break for it, Al diagnosed a combination of lack of food and too much moisture. He added a new layer of shredded newspaper to the top. He also highly recommends the book "worms eat my garbage".
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