November 23, 2013

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Four Steps to Recycling and Composting at Your Thanksgiving Dinner

                                                  

Want to have as little waste as possible when Thanksgiving Dinner comes to a close? Follow these simple steps and you'll minimize waste in a festive way!

 

1. Collect two old metal trashcans. You may have some around your house or you can usually find them at junk shops or online.

 

2. Spray paint the trash cans using a low VOC, nontoxic spray paint. Pick a festive Thanksgiving color like brown, gold or orange.

 

3. On the lids, use a nontoxic paint to write "Recyclables" on one and "Food and Paper" on the other. 

 

4. Line the cans with a compostable, biodegradable garbage bag. You can head over to our sister store LeafyClean to check out our Bio Bags collection for product ideas. 

 

5. Place them in the kitchen or another easy-to-access area.

 

Let guests know about your collection bins and then watch as they use them! At the end of the party, you'll have one bag ready for your composting pile or collection station and one for the recycling bins!

                     

                               Tall Kitchen Bio Bags, 13 Gallons - 12  Bags per Box

                 

October 13, 2013

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LEAFWARE FEATURED ON TOP CHEF

As you may remember from our earlier blog post, we recently added Leafware products to our collection, and so far, many of our customers have discovered how stylish and functional they are as alternatives to paper plates and bowls.

It seems they're not the only ones, though! The latest episode of "Top Chef" on Bravo actually featured Leafware plates and bowls. The square plates and round bowls were used to present the chefs creations for judging and for the guests who were assembled for a soiree in the swamp.

The finished dishes were absolutely breathtaking, and it was great to see Leafware in action. You can see the video for yourself here. And for a quick refresher--Leafware plates and bowls are 100 percent biodegradable and compostable dinnerware that is made from dried leaves discarded from palm trees. As the video shows, they have a gorgeous natural look and are great for entertaining.

Congratulations to Leafware on being featured on the show!

   

                     Leafware 3" Round Single Bite Plates - Sauce Bowls

 

         

September 24, 2013

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USDA Participating In Food Waste Challenge

                         
                          Eco Products Sugarcane Plates                           Bambu Veneerwear
                                   

This week the U.S. Department of Agriculture posted on their blog that the agency is in the midst of a Food Waste Challenge at their headquarters in Washington. The department is seeking to reduce the amount of waste that is thrown away in the cafeteria by 5 percent during this year.

The USDA is using some of the food scraps and paper waste collected in the cafeteria as composting for the People's Garden, a public garden located on the grounds of the building. The department professionally processes much of its own composting and stores some of the waste in drums to use as fertilizer.

In the blog post, the USDA urges homeowners to join the Food Waste Challenge by collecting their own compostable waste and starting a composting pile outside. If you'd like to participate, be sure to check out our Eco Products and Bambu compostable disposables, which are perfect for serving quick meals and are 100 percent compostable.          

September 12, 2013

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Penn State University Unveils New Waste Reduction Program

Kudos to Penn State University! This year, the public land grant college has instituted a new plan to dramatically reduce the amount of solid waste produced by the university that ends up in landfills.

 

Called Mobius, the program focuses on food waste. The university has set up special Mobius stations all over the campus for students, faculty and visitors to deposit compostable waste. The bins are found in all buildings that contain classrooms, dining halls and food courts and residence halls. They are also located in many of the athletic venues where the Nittany Lions hold home games.

 

Penn State will compost all of the waste and use it on campus. With the program, the university states that only 25 percent of the total amount of waste generated at the campus will need to be taken to landfills. That's a 10 percent decrease over the amount that is currently transported off of the campus.

 

We hope that other universities around the country will be inspired to follow  Penn State's lead.

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