Hi..I work a NYC elementary school garden. We collect food scraps & compostable materials daily. While we don't compost on grounds, NYCDS picks up the scraps daily for the city compost which eventually returns to us as viable compost. Our students wheel the bins to the curb for pick-up. Perhaps you can place wheels on your larger bin, students can get that to the compost bin and shovel or dump it out from the collection bin. Hope this helps
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[Helene] [Sorkin]
sorkin
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-11-2023 01:10:11 PM
From: Pamela Cooley
Subject: Food waste from Cafeteria and Composting solutions
Hello! We have been doing some composting but are hoping to expand our efforts by taking more of the cafeteria waste to compost in our school garden.
Looking for suggestions of easy to collect/carry bins for the students participate. We have 5th graders that enjoy collecting the compost and taking it to the garden but it often gets too heavy even in a small rectangular Sterlite type container. We don't want to make another job for our teachers or custodians.
Also, those that do compost from the cafeteria do you find an open chicken wire and pallet 3 bin to be substantial or do you rotate other compost systems?
FYI we are in CO where it is usually dry, except when it is snowing (lol) hot sun and rodents like voles and mice can be an issue.
Thanks for your advice.
Pam
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Pamela Cooley
Prairie Winds Elementary
Hawk Gathering Garden- Volunteer Garden
Coordinator
zoo_fro@hotmail.com
Monument CO USA
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