I would like to compost, I really would. Even though I’ve tried to limit food waste as much as possible, it just seems that there’s always potato peels, squeezed oranges and the occasional bad tomato that I can’t use. And I’m much less finicky than most people–I just cut the mold off cheese and fruit if it’s still edible.
Composting in NYC without a backyard is hard. If you compost properly, I know you don’t get a smell, but I’m not that talented. My compost heap always smelt like a wet horse dung omelette. I don’t have a place to garden anymore so I’ll have to give the compost away to the park or to a local garden.
I saw this beautiful compost pail on the Guardian and I think it’s the same one as this one on Amazon for $59.99. It’s a bit pricey, but it might be a really nice thing to do. Think about how much you waste–as careful as I am, I throw out one plastic shopping bag full of organic garbage. Remember, you’re also supposed to put in uncooked food (potato peels, not cooked potatoes) and you won’t get pests.
I wish they’d subsidize these things for whole apt buildings. With the density of the human footprint in Manhattan, this could be great.
