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have installed the new food composter, nicknamed by the Crestwood
students as "The Big Pig". The Earthtub composter will be used
to decompose lunch leftovers (We generate 75-100 pounds of waste each
week). The leftovers will be placed in the "Big Pig", along
with building agents such as wood chips and stirred daily. Once the tub
us full, it will sit and "cook" for 3 weeks until the waste
has turned to compost.
King County has donated 87% of the EarthTub cost in return for using Crestwood as a pilot site. An official dedication will took place in April 2004, Earth Day month. |
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As a part of the
6th grade writing program, all students were asked to create a name,
slogan and drawing for the EarthTub food composter. Before the
assignment students were given background information about food
composting and viewed a video which demonstrated the way the EarthTub
works. School Staff choose the 10 final entries and the student body
voted on their favorite design which was “The Big Pig” slogan and picture designed by
Roman Vinnikov. Roman received 4 passes to Enchanted Village for the 2004
season. The passes were donated by Covington Water District. Congratulations to
Roman! The ten finalists were:
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Honorable Mention in the Earthtub Contest Meghan Hoffman, Zaylah Bell, CJ Crooks, Becky Szabo, Jessica Dillow, Mimi Frey-Booth, Aaron Lukkasson , and Max Manthou
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Construction began January 19th 2004 with the asphalt, fencing and electrical wiring. The tub was then placed inside the cage. We want to thank the following businesses for donating their time:
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Each day, students collect food waste from lunch leftovers that are placed in bEARTHa buckets lined with sacks that were donated by Weyerhaeuser. The sacks not only help save water by not having to clean the buckets everyday but also serve as a bulking agent along with the woodchips. Lunch leftovers include vegetables, fruit, pasta, cookies, bread, tortillas, cake, and lots of coffee grounds from the teacher's lounge. You could say that she is a lactose intolerant vegetarian! These lunch waste is weighed, documented, then placed in the tub. The tub is turned and mixed with the auger running. Once it is full, it will stand and cook for 2-3 weeks. The result will be wonderful compost that the DOP will be selling to sustain it's program. Hopefully we will be selling our first batch of compost at our plant sale on May 14th. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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