Food Scraps for Thought...

Join us Saturday, September 12th, 11:00 at the Mill City Farmers Market
Eureka Recycling and the City of Minneapolis will host a joint press event to announce that the Mill City Farmers Market is now composting—making it Minnesota's first zero-waste farmers market!

We invite you to attend and show your support for the growing composting movement in the Twin Cities. Please join us for a 30 minute event at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2009 on the steps that lead from the market to the Guthrie Theater, and stay to enjoy the bountiful market!

Eureka Recycling measures the Carbon Footprint of Composting
The energy saving benefits of recycling has been touted for years—for example, making a new aluminum can from old cans results in 90-97% energy savings compared to making a new can from bauxite and other raw materials—but calculations about the benefits of composting are just surfacing. We now have a full report prepared on the environmental benefits of recycling and composting. You can read it to learn more or simply take the Minnesota Energy Challenge to see how you can make a difference by recycling and composting.

Worm and Backyard Composting Workshops
Eureka Recycling is offering Backyard and Worm Bin Composting workshops throughout the Winter. Come learn how you can easily reduce waste in your own backyard. The friendly staff at Eureka Recycling will explain why composting is so important to a beautiful and healthy future for our planet and how you can start composting in a way that fits your lifestyle. We'll provide tips for maintaining a healthy pile no matter what type of composter you are. Click here to learn more about workshops, view workshop dates and times, and register.