What a fun gathering we had in August to celebrate TVCR volunteers and donors! Keeping in line with TVCR’s mission to reduce waste in Teton Valley, we managed to pull off an almost zero waste event – except for the accidentally broken wine glass (oops! not recyclable). Not bad for a two-hour event for 40…
Zero Waste Cooking – Homemade Crackers from Juicer Waste & Citrus/Watermelon Rind Marmalade TVCR has been so fortunate to have a professional chef run our Food Waste Reduction and Composting program this summer. Not only has she gotten 300 new families started with composting in Teton Valley, but she also has been experimenting with reducing…
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…
After Halloween is over, you might be left with a sad, deflated jack o’lantern whose glory days have passed. Don’t throw your old Jack-o-Lantern in your trash can. In Teton County, Idaho, it will be destined for the Mud Lake landfill, 90 miles away, where it can’t properly decompose and releases methane gas as a…
Parents, do you love Halloween? Letting your kids get dressed up and pillage the community for all sorts of candy that you actually don’t want them to eat. Halloween is fun. Unfortunately, it leads to a lot of waste. Did you know that Americans purchase more than half a billion pounds of candy per year?…
See, we told you summer was on its way! And now that it’s here, you may have taken a survey of your surroundings and have come to the full blown conclusion that your yard, regards of whether you own your own ground, or rent, is in some need of little love and attention. I know…
This article was originally published in the Teton Valley News on February 6th, 2014. It is reposted with permission. Did you know that food waste makes up the highest percentage of waste going to landfills? According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, 21% of the waste stream is food waste. Wasting food wastes money, wastes…