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Kitchen Composting

Kitchen composting (a.k.a. countertop composting) is like the Boston Terrier of the compost world – it’s not as big as its backyard brother, but don’t underestimate the strength of these pint-size piles. Why Compost? There are two reasons to countertop compost: 1. To compost items on a smaller scale to…

Gallegos Sanitation Incorporated Environmental Services Fort Collins, CO 442 followers

https://www.facebook.com/GallegosSanitation/videos/2410392945747205/ Our GSI Outreach Team was busy this week! Wednesday we taught local K-2nd graders at Beattie Elementary. These Be Fit Beattie students learned the importance of eating healthy and how their healthy food scraps can be composted with Red Wiggler worms. And on Thursday we were invited by the…

Materials Recovery Center

Recycling Tip: Material Recovery Centers (MRFs) new equipment uses dimension or shape as a sorting criterion. Try not to crush your bottles, jugs, or tubs when recycling. DO flatten cardboard. Have questions about recycling? Head to the RecycleRight app for more info! ♻️💚♻️

Tire Recycling

A New Life for Tired Tires

In the early 1990s, there were an estimated 2 to 3 billion tires in stockpiles across America. These discarded tires were a fire hazard and provided shelter for rodents and breeding grounds for mosquitoes, posing serious environmental and health risks. According to the EPA, Americans are generating around 290 million scrap…