Yeah. Not so much in my experience. So my worms are now Outside.

Hmm. I use a one-two punch of Dipel Dust [link] sprinkled in the bin on top (to kill the eggs) and a funnel trap with apple cider vinegar, which is like unto crack to the actual flies. Preventative measures are freezing the scraps and washing citrus fruits which tend to be the worst offenders in terms of having larvae on the peels. All of which you may have tried to no avail, idk. YtoleranceforfruitfliesMV.

I have no problem with worms. Fruit flies bother me, though. I like the electric one, except for how it uses electricity. Not much, though, it looks like. I could save more than that by turning the AC up a degree.

Oh, BP, please don't be lying and/or fucking up, this time.

Honestly, I find it hard to believe that no oil is leaking. I just heard yesterday (I think) that they needed to do pressure tests which would take 48 hrs before they could tell. But I'm known for losing track of time.

Oh, and when I say I'm not perfect, here's an example: since moving into a house with a backyard compost bin, I have not fed my worms in probably a year, so they have likely all starved and/or eaten each other and/or are in a barely alive state by reprocessing their castings repeatedly. I should probably check. And yes, I feel horribly guilty about it.

Damn, talking waste here, porn in Bitches, and gay marriage on FB. I did no work this afternoon, alas.

I don't know much about the electric composters, but judging from a quick scan of the promo material it looks like a great option for those who can afford it. I saw an episode of "Get Wasted" where they gave one to a very wasteful family and they ended up pulling it out and sticking it in the garage - so you're still going to need to have some patience for working out the kinks in the system.

Post-consumer composting is really hard to do. One chicken bone in a recycling bin - not a big deal. One plastic bottle in a compost bin? Much bigger deal without a contamination sorting system, as that bottle could get ground up and fuck up a whole load of compost. I wonder how SF et al sort out the contamination in their compost bins? Hmm... We do composting only in our all-you-can-eat dining halls, since the staff can be trained a lot easier than the entire student body.

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.

I love it, smonster. I'd love to start composting with worms. I could do it in the garage, too. Or get one of those small composty things Jessica linked to.

My county picks up yard waste separately, and the only bags allowed are special compostable paper bags. The yard waste is composted and the compost is free to county residents.

I've always done some type of composting, so my yard waste is mostly sticks, and I've been known to steal other people's bags of leaves on the curb. I felt like a complete garden nerd when I was excited that my compost was steaming this winter.

Timelies all!

At home we have one recycling bin. At work there are a variety of bins.(Plastic, aluminum, paper, mixed...)

I have zero desire for worms. That would give my Virgoness the creepin' squiggins.

We recycle, use green cleaning products, try to buy earth-friendly but no compost. I am sorry, Earth. I cannot live with worms or stank. I am bad enough with the hate/gagging on the cat boxes, and I am only as on top of them as I am because I love my kitties. I know I would NOT feel the same about a compost barrel or pile.

I WOULD own a goat if we lived on land. Seriously, we had one as a kid. NPI. Damn thing ate everything. Got rid of it when it surreptitiously ate part of mom's dress...with her inside it.

We try recycling bins at work--though I have no clue if the people who pick up the bins actually bother to keep the stuff separate--but too many people go "Plastic trash bin--I'll throw anything in there" without bothering to see what's supposed to go there.

I have zero desire for worms. That would give my Virgoness the creepin' squiggins.

Ha! I'm a Virgo but worms have never bugged me.

Goats do in fact eat pretty much anything. I love that you can hire them to eat your weeds.