Divert food scraps from the landfill2020-09-12T11:20:32-04:00

Did you know our members report they have reduced the volume of their trash by 30% to 60% by diverting their food scraps?  Moving to Conservers and the Transylvania County Solid Waste Authority partnered together and held an essay contest asking folks for suggestions on keeping food out of our landfill.  Althea Dunn made this wonderful poster of the suggestions.

Use Food Scraps poster

Composting is a great way to divert your scraps!

Do you want to compost?  We can help.  We have built facilities at several locations in our community and are happy to build more.  We can also help with technical guidance if needed on managing a compost bin.

Not interested in a facility of your own?  We have a small directory of places you can take your scraps.  You can find it here.

You can also find places to share your scraps using the App ShareWaste.

Rooster Head Plantation asked for help. We helped.

By |August 12th, 2019|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Gatherings, Growing food, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps, Zero-waste tips|

Last week, Jacqui of Rooster Head Plantation asked if [...]

It is nice to share. Creating a sharing cooperative in our community.

By |August 5th, 2019|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Gatherings, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Sharing Club, Use Food Scraps|

Love sweet love, It is what the world needs now. [...]

Rooster Head Plantation Farm Stand needs help with their compost drop-off facility

By |July 29th, 2019|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps|

Jacqui has asked if we could help improve their compost [...]

Making biochar at Mountain Speak Outpost and learning as a community how to use this incredible soil additive.

By |July 29th, 2019|Categories: Composting, Gatherings, Growing food, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps, Zero-waste tips|

Thanks to Mountain Speak Outpost for hosting our class [...]

Althea takes the lead on the Use Food Scrap Essay Contest Results Project

By |July 14th, 2019|Categories: Composting, Gatherings, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps, Zero-waste tips|

In March, we shared the essays submitted in our Use [...]

Do you have compost/garden soil you don’t need?

Plant giveaway

We work with the Hunger Coalition to provide plants for those interested in growing their own food.  It is an awesome program!  We are always in need of soil when we pot the plants for distribution.  If you have some you would like to share, let us know!  It can help those in need of food grow some of their own.  Email us at [email protected] if you have questions or compost to share!

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