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The new year is the time for a new leaf!  Here are a few potential composting goals resolutions for you to consider in the new year. So let’s make 'to waste less and compost more' our New Year's Resolution!

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DAY 11: Celebrate… It’s Party Time Composting!  Although it might take a while to collect/vacuum it all the next day, the good news is that not all need to go straight to landfill, as you can compost most with a HOTBIN. Even paper plates with bits of food left on them!

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DAY 10: Turkey and Trimmings – Composting at Christmas. Holidays are considered a time for indulgence, and Americans are not an exception. Stats estimates that of 244 million turkey raised in the USA, 22 million show up on Christmas tables nationwide and sadly, 4.2 million festive dinners are thrown away. The good news is that you can compost most of your leftovers in HOTBIN. Learn more at this site

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DAY 9: Chestnuts Roasting – Composting at Christmas

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire was an American tradition evoking images of Christmas through the 18th and 19th centuries. Although vendors on city street corners selling roasted chestnuts during Christmas are fewer since a disease made American chestnut trees extinct; the tradition is still alive on certain parts of the country (New York City).

If you get around to roasting your chestnuts on an open fire this Christmas, know that chestnuts and other nuts can go in a HOTBIN.

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DAY 8: Sweet Treats – Composting at Christmas

For anyone with a sweet tooth, Christmas is the best time of the year. Whether it’s pudding on Christmas day, candy canes, cookies, a slice of cake or apple pie, along with a cup of eggnog, hot cocoa, coffee, or tea. If you don’t manage to finish them all off, just remember to remove all wrappers, break them up and then compost them. HOTBIN loves a sweet treat every now and then, and can compost them.

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