We've started composting -- finally.
The Germans a very responsible about their garbage and have four different bins: paper, packaging, bio, and general trash. From day one in Germany we have been separating out our paper and packaging, but we weren't composing. Now, after one week of keeping all of our vegetable scaps, fruit peelings, egg shells, and coffee grinds I am amazed at how much less trash we create. And it's so easy. We have a small waste basket (with a tight fitting lid) that all organic material gets placed in. Then the city picks up the green bio bins once a week.
About Me
- Erin
- Ridgewood, NJ, United States
- In the fall of 2007 my husband and I moved to Germany. After more than a year of traveling, eating, and living abroad, we were transferred back to the states. At the time of our return, I was 34 weeks pregnant. This is a true account of our re-assimilation, reverse culture shock, and impending adventure into parenthood.
A Southern Something
I don't think there are quite enough sausages in the South to maintain the "Wurst of the Week." Instead, I am replacing this sidebar feature with "A Southern Something." To start, I'd like to introduce you to chow chow. A pickled relish, chow chow can be made from any number of vegetables, including cabbage, onions, or green tomatoes.
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3 comments:
We compost in Seattle too! Here you're allowed to throw any compostables into the yard waste bins. It's so awesome how little trash you create, and how non-stinky your trash is! Hooray for the environment...
PS: I went to a cabin this weekend with a composting toilet, it was kind of neat... like a non-stinky pit toilet.
xo!
mary.
Thanks for pointing out the "non-stinky" aspect too! That's Kevin's favorite part.
About those toilets though...Europeans already have the strangest toilets. (I can only assume that it's more water efficient.)
hahahahahaha....Erin...you're so right about the 'strange toilets' -there's nothing like creating a masterpiece and being able to observe it...argh...never could figure that one out...hahahahah....
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