How can a library, classroom or home become more sustainable but also fun?
I’ve introduce Book worms and Book chooks to our library for any leftover scraps.
In the ideal world we wouldn’t have any leftovers but unfortunately with young children there is food waste.
Food thrown out into the garbage goes into landfill. In landfill food waste has little oxygen to help it to break down therefore it creates more methane into the atmosphere.
Methane creates more heat into the atmosphere, which isn’t great but when food is composted it only releases carbon, as oxygen is also used to break it down – much better for the atmosphere.
So what are you waiting for? Time to make a small difference in where your food waste goes!
If you live or work somewhere where you don’t have the space for a worm farm or large compost bin – try these Bokashi bins.
You can buy them from biome (just click below)
Every time you add waste to the bucket, you sprinkle a small amount of bokashi onto the waste (the bokashi is a fine grain like mixture). Once the container is filled to capacity (about 3 to 4 weeks for the average household), you can immediately shallow bury the fermented waste in your garden, planter or outdoor compost.
Or, you can let the waste continue to ferment for two weeks in another airtight container (such as a plastic bag or bucket with lid) and then transfer the matter into your garden. The extra fermentation means the material will break down faster in the soil.
