Dear Friends of TVCR, As you may know, my position with TVCR as the Food Waste Reduction & Compost Program Manager is a grant based position that TVCR applied for in 2020. In February of 2021, the program officially launched, and off we went! What a great year it has been! I enjoyed every single…
Composting Success During Teton Valley Winters It’s a question we get often, “How do I compost in the winter?” And a fair question, to be sure! While our little bacterial foragers may slow down in the cold, dark months, it’s not to say that they cease to exist all together. You can still compost, keeping…
Compost Culture: Critter Avoidance We definitely get asked the question, “How do I keep unwarranted critter visitations to my compost bin to a minimum?” So, below we’ve included a short list of proactive measures to keep local wildlife out of your compost. From choosing the bin’s location, to having proper material ratios, any of these…
We are so grateful to our friends at Sweet Hollow Farm in Victor for creating an option for community members who can’t have a backyard compost bin to drop off their kitchen scraps, keeping these valuable nutrients local instead of sending them to the landfill. Because Community Compost can quickly be ruined by a few…
TVCR to Give Away 500 Free Backyard Compost Bins & Food Waste Education SIGN UP FOR A FREE BIN OR WORKSHOP OR DOWNLOAD COMPOST INFO! Are you ready to make a small shift towards a more sustainable lifestyle? Do you want to save a lot of money on your annual trash bill? Tired of having…
Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Teton Valley, Teton Valley Community Recycling is giving away lightweight backyard compost bins to community members interested in diverting their food waste (and yard waste) from the landfill. Leftover food scraps, peels, and spoiled food makes great fodder for bacteria and worms which in turn break…
TVCR Offers Free Backyard Compost Bins Did you know the average American throws away more than 300 pounds of food each year? In Teton Valley this food waste gets trucked more than 90 miles to the Circular Butte Landfill where it decomposes through an anaerobic process, ultimately releasing the greenhouse gas, methane, which is thirty…