Seasonal Composting RSS

DAY 6: It Starts with A Card - Composting at Christmas.With over 2.6 billion Christmas cards being exchanged each Christmas in the USA, the stakes are high they will end up in our landfills producing greenhouse gases. The good news is that HOTBIN loves cards. 

DAY 5: All Wrapped Up. Everybody looks forward to waking up on Christmas morning to a stack load of beautifully wrapped Christmas presents under the tree. Americans discard $11 billion worth of packing material, 15 million Christmas trees and 2.6 billion cards. This waste ends up in landfills, where it decomposes and releases methane, a dangerous greenhouse gas. With a HOTBIN, you can compost most of your Xmas packaging at home.

DAY 4:  Away in Hay Manger. Before slipping into our festive dinners for food leftovers to compost, let’s not forget about our four-legged friends and everything pet-wise related that can be composted in your HOTBIN this Christmas. 

DAY 3: Christmas Characters. Santa and Snowman! 

If you ask a child to list things associated with Christmas, Santa and Snowmen is featured at the top of their list alongside presents, of course! Whether you leave cookies for Santa and/or savory food for the reindeers, just remember that these leftovers can be added to your HOTBIN. 

DAY 2: Oh Christmas Tree! Christmas trees have both an environmental as well as an economic cost. In the USA, 30 million Christmas trees ($6 billion) are sold and disposed of each year. By the first week in January, we experience a familiar sight of trees discarded outside driveways. These days, some trees are collected and composted by local providers (at a cost), while others head to local landfills.