Members of the Park Presbyterian Chruch "Green Team" (Newark, NY)were interested in composting all biodegradable materials from the Harvest Dinnner fund raising event held on October 30th. I agreed to compost these biodegradable materials in one of my multiple compost piles. Below is a photo/video clip journal of what I did.
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Three bags of food prep materials, paper products (napkins, table cloths, etc) and the actual food materials not consumed by patrons. I estimated this to be about 50 lbs of biodegradable waste.
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A composting bin was constructed using four wooden pallets strapped together and a bed of yard leaves were placed at the bottom of the bin.
The leaves were soaked with water.
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A layer of the biodegrable materials were scattered ontop of the leaves.
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Here you see the first layer of biodegrables on a bed of leaves in the bin.
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A layer of the biodegrable materials were scattered ontop of the leaves.
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Here you see the first layer of biodegrables on a bed of leaves in the bin.