Comments on: If You Use Some of My Garbage…I’ll Use Some of Yours http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2008/09/16/if-you-use-some-of-my-garbageill-use-some-of-yours/ the birth of a business...and more Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: DSF http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2008/09/16/if-you-use-some-of-my-garbageill-use-some-of-yours/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 DSF Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:31:33 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=162#comment-1049 Great blog! Had to reply to this question (belatedly): buckets. My neighbors must be wondering if I have a dozen cats instead of one, what with the half dozen kitty litter buckets currently decorating my balcony, but I need more! Testing bokashi(sort of a pre-composting technique for kitchen waste), so I need lots and lots of buckets. DSF Great blog! Had to reply to this question (belatedly): buckets. My neighbors must be wondering if I have a dozen cats instead of one, what with the half dozen kitty litter buckets currently decorating my balcony, but I need more! Testing bokashi(sort of a pre-composting technique for kitchen waste), so I need lots and lots of buckets.

DSF

]]> By: organicneedle http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2008/09/16/if-you-use-some-of-my-garbageill-use-some-of-yours/comment-page-1/#comment-993 organicneedle Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:50:01 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=162#comment-993 The ziplocks are great for freezing stuff but I have no clue as to what to do with those thin perforated CSA bags. The ziplocks are great for freezing stuff but I have no clue as to what to do with those thin perforated CSA bags.

]]> By: Chile http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2008/09/16/if-you-use-some-of-my-garbageill-use-some-of-yours/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Chile Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:03:27 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=162#comment-945 Our CSA farmer is happy to get his tomato baskets back. The egg farmer gets his cartons back - in fact, he has labels on them which serve as a reminder to return them. And the backyard eggs from various members are sold in re-used cartons folks have brought in. The goat cheese farmer gets all of his packaging back from shipping the cheese, including cold packs. The only problem I have is the huge build-up of ziploc and perforated produce bags from two years of CSA shares. A number of things come in bags: grains, beans, roasted green chiles, greens, etc. I wash and re-use them but I have enough for several lifetimes! Our CSA farmer is happy to get his tomato baskets back. The egg farmer gets his cartons back – in fact, he has labels on them which serve as a reminder to return them. And the backyard eggs from various members are sold in re-used cartons folks have brought in. The goat cheese farmer gets all of his packaging back from shipping the cheese, including cold packs. The only problem I have is the huge build-up of ziploc and perforated produce bags from two years of CSA shares. A number of things come in bags: grains, beans, roasted green chiles, greens, etc. I wash and re-use them but I have enough for several lifetimes!

]]> By: Allie http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2008/09/16/if-you-use-some-of-my-garbageill-use-some-of-yours/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Allie Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:09:03 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=162#comment-937 What a great reminder! I will have to call my friend Michele and see if I can nab some of her garbage. What a great reminder! I will have to call my friend Michele and see if I can nab some of her garbage.

]]> By: Billie http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2008/09/16/if-you-use-some-of-my-garbageill-use-some-of-yours/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Billie Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:32:13 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=162#comment-936 We use our plastic grocery bags for kitty litter. Double bagged in case there is a microscopic hole in one. Despite that, I have went to reuseable grocery bags because the bulk of the grocery bags ended up with holes in them and just thrown out. When I use up our good plastic bags, I will go with using small kitchen trash bags. That will still use far less plastic bags. I wonder what Fake Plastic fish uses for her litter. We use our plastic grocery bags for kitty litter. Double bagged in case there is a microscopic hole in one. Despite that, I have went to reuseable grocery bags because the bulk of the grocery bags ended up with holes in them and just thrown out. When I use up our good plastic bags, I will go with using small kitchen trash bags. That will still use far less plastic bags. I wonder what Fake Plastic fish uses for her litter.

]]> By: organicneedle http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2008/09/16/if-you-use-some-of-my-garbageill-use-some-of-yours/comment-page-1/#comment-935 organicneedle Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:45:33 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=162#comment-935 The shopping bags or produce bags? If you don't have reusable cloth bags you could just reuse the plastic ones or buy some cloth ones so the plastic will stop piling up. My mother-in-law uses hers for garbage instead of buying grocery bags. (She lives alone and doesn't produce much garbage.) The plastic ones I end up with when people give me clothes or food, etc., I use for when I buy a raw chicken. I don't like them in my cloth bags because they pee chicken juice sometimes. Ewwww. Also, if you know someone with a dog they might be able to use them for poop picker-upers. The trick is to stop the plastic flow. The shopping bags or produce bags? If you don’t have reusable cloth bags you could just reuse the plastic ones or buy some cloth ones so the plastic will stop piling up. My mother-in-law uses hers for garbage instead of buying grocery bags. (She lives alone and doesn’t produce much garbage.) The plastic ones I end up with when people give me clothes or food, etc., I use for when I buy a raw chicken. I don’t like them in my cloth bags because they pee chicken juice sometimes. Ewwww. Also, if you know someone with a dog they might be able to use them for poop picker-upers. The trick is to stop the plastic flow.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2008/09/16/if-you-use-some-of-my-garbageill-use-some-of-yours/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Laurie Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:25:07 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/?p=162#comment-934 Thanks for stopping by my blog. Good idea about using ice cube trays to create portion size pesto poppers. I like that. Have any ideas about what to do with all those plastic bags you get when you buy groceries? I have about a million of them. I can't bring myself to throw them away. I thought about stuffing throw pillows with them. Actually, I think I might have enough to stuff a mattress! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Good idea about using ice cube trays to create portion size pesto poppers. I like that.

Have any ideas about what to do with all those plastic bags you get when you buy groceries? I have about a million of them. I can’t bring myself to throw them away. I thought about stuffing throw pillows with them. Actually, I think I might have enough to stuff a mattress!

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