Comments on: Host a Stylish, Zero-Waste Thanksgiving

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:25:41 +0000

Wonderful post and I hope you had a great time! Another way to deal with meat waste is a bokashi bin – these sit on your work top and ‘ferment’ your scraps (including cooked, meat, dairy, fish and small bones) which you then add to a regular compost heap or wormery. You can get rid of complete carcasses in a Green Cone or Green Johanna; but you need space to site one outdoors.

HTH!

By: Scuppasteve

Scuppasteve — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:42:00 +0000

I have a very large worm composting bin and we do compost meat. Just not large amounts. It you leave it to the small amounts left on the bones and other scraps we have had no problem with it. Can you throw the remaining turkey carcass in there. No.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:40:46 +0000

Instead of composting turkey leftovers, you can create a big, beautiful pot of turkey stock with the carcass, water and aromatic vegetables.

By: jennae

jennae — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:56:58 +0000

@N Thank you so much for making that clarification! Like I said, composting is something I’m still learning about myself, so I’m glad to have readers who know more about it than I do. I’ll be sure to add the information you have provided so my readers understand the distinction

By: N

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:47:36 +0000

You have some good tips here but people need to be careful about what they’re composting. You can’t just simply clear your plate into a compost pile. Any compost pile that contains fats or oils and meat will not only go rancid but will attract unwanted bugs and critters. The only things that will be compostable from your holiday meals or from any meal for that matter are “organics”. That would be any vegetable or fruit trimmings or peelings, egg shells, paper, coffee grounds, etc. I think you should make sure to point that fact out to your readers.

Otherwise the tips to lessen the holiday impact is great. Keep up the good work by spreading the Green way of thinking!