Urban Composting with a Social Goal
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Many modern households worry about making sure that their food is healthy and produced in an eco-friendly and sustainable way. This is mostly done by being a part of the local community and finding the farmers that you can trust and make long-term deals with. The same level of attention however, isn’t paid to waste made by the same households and it should be. That’s where Texas NGO promoting composting comes into play. Turn Compost is promoting composting as a way for sustainable waste management to both local businesses and local households and they are showing great results.
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What’s Turn Compost?
Turn compost is a social enterprise based in DFW with a broad vision on the importance of composting and its role in urban farming and urban waste management. They work with businesses, nonprofits, and individual consumers to support sustainable development in their communities.
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There are four main composting services Turn Compost offers at this point: picking up waste for residential properties, doing the same for commercial properties, but on a larger scale, picking up waste for restaurants, which is unique due to the nature of the waste, and picking up the organic waste after the events.
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What To Compost?
Before you ask yourself if this is a service you and your family need, you should first consider what kind of waste needs and should be composted in the first place; that way you’ll know if you will need this service. Almost anything can be turned into waste and recycled in some way, but the goal of composting is to create fertilizer.
For instance, you could and should compost raw fruit and vegetables as well as eggs and coffee, and bread. However, you shouldn’t try to compost oils, dairy products, meats, and fish bones.
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Business Partners
Since day one Turn compost has tried to find long-term business partners in the community. They will simply provide the service of picking up waste and have a long-term arrangement with these businesses as would any other trash collector. The waste will be used to make compost instead of simply being thrown away.
They are partners with a few local schools such as Armstrong Elementary, Bayles Elementary School Food Garden, Esperanza “Hope” Medrano Elementary School, and many others.
They also work with local farmers’ markets, since they are the customers that need their services most of all. These include Chandler Family Farms, Owenwood Farm and Neighbor Space, Texas Worm Ranch, and many others.
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Education
Besides their main goal of turning compost is also providing interesting educational services, they also work with farmers’ markets and farming communities, in general, to teach about composting and its importance. This goes beyond simply lecturing about the environment.
The courses provided by Turn Compost are very much about the practical side of composting and how can an average local farmer or an average homeowner learn how to do it in a safe, healthy, and organized manner. It also has these lessons oriented towards kids.
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The Service
The service provided by Turn Compost is pretty holistic meaning that it covers the whole process from start to finish. They will provide you with a clean bin that fits the industry standards when it comes to composting. They will also pick up the bin according to the schedule you agree on (but it’s up to the homeowner to leave the bin outside).
They will turn the materials over to local farmers and gardeners that need them as fertilizer, that part of the job is not in any way something that an average consumer should worry about or plan for. In the end, everyone has done something good for the environment and the community.
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Dallas Farmers Market
Dallas Farmers’ Market is one of the largest farmers’ markets in Dallas and in Texas in general. It has a long-term arrangement with Turn Compost and they host lectures on the topic of composting once a week during the summer. This is a great place to learn about the subject and to use all other services provided by the farmers’ market.
The Market is also a place to find healthy food and to find fresh produce that you can be sure is made in an eco-friendly and sustainable way.
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Conclusion
Turn Compost is an interesting enterprise working in Dallas, Texas. They provide a service of composting natural waste for residential and commercial clients. This is an important part of living and dining in a sustainable way and it’s often overlooked.
They are partnering up with local schools and farmers in order to provide these services in an organized and long-term fashion. At the same time, they educated on the issue and promoted composting as a sustainable way to get the fertilizer farmers need.
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