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My town's compost pickup got canceled with 3 days notice, so I started a bucket swap on my block
The city sent out an email saying curbside compost pickup was done because of budget cuts, and the next pickup was in 3 days. I had 12 households on my street, so I knocked on doors and asked if they wanted to dump their scraps in two 5 gallon buckets on my porch instead. The first pickup filled both buckets in 4 days, mostly coffee grounds and banana peels, and one guy dumped in a whole rotisserie chicken carcass which stunk up the porch. I moved the buckets behind the garage and added a lid with holes, and now 9 houses still bring their stuff twice a week. I trade the finished compost back to whoever helped, and my tomato plants have never looked better. Has anyone else done a neighbor setup like this after their city dropped a program?
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olivia_webb12d ago
Ha, the rotisserie chicken guy was really testing you. That lid with holes idea is smart though, and you could take it further by adding a second bin so one batch finishes while the other fills up. Rotating them like that means you always have compost ready to hand back instead of waiting on the whole pile.
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