Last week Mayor McGinn joined gardening expert Ciscoe Morris to kick off the Seattle Big Dig. 30 Big Dig contestants dug through a mountain of compost searching for more than $1,000 in buried prizes.Image may be NSFW.
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The Big Dig is part of Compost Days, March 15 – April 15, which celebrates the composting efforts of Seattle businesses and residents. Last year, Seattle diverted more than 125,000 tons of food and yard waste from the landfill through curbside and backyard composting.
Food waste, such as cardboard pizza boxes, paper napkins, coffee filters, chicken wings, banana peels and orange peelings, makes up about 30 percent of what Seattle sends to the landfill. Why waste a good thing? Food scraps placed in food and yard waste carts are delivered to a high-tech composting facility where they are turned into a nutritious soil amendment for local lawns and gardens. Compost reduces water use and the need for chemical pesticides, while boosting the fertility and growing power of the soil. Increasing composting (and preventing food waste) is also a main strategy in Seattle’s Food Action Plan, released last year.
During Compost Days, residents can free compost as well as big discounts on bulk compost and kitchen scrap collection kits. Learn more at www.compostdays.com
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