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Vox_Populi
Joined: 04 May 2009
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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 Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:39 am Post subject: Can I Compost Paper Coffee Filters??? |
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| Does any know the answer to this FOR CERTAIN or do you know where/how to find out? |
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nero
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| I won't answer your question until it makes grammatical sense. Sorry. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| What kind of coffee do you drink? |
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Mr. Peabody
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: Can I Compost Paper Coffee Filters??? |
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| Vox_Populi wrote: |
| Does any know the answer to this FOR CERTAIN or do you know where/how to find out? |
Do you mean through it out with the food trash? Or, make your own compost at home. If it's the latter, then the answer is yes.
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/soil/msg012033032045.html
My wife says not to through out the coffee grounds and filter into the apartment building's food trash. Why? She says it's not "food". Yea ok, she wins.  |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Filters & grounds compost beautifully (veteran gardener here).
If you're talking about civic food waste collection in Korea, its generally incinerated, not composted. So again, your filters would be fine.
A possible exception would be if you knew the scraps were being recycled as pig feed. A private contractor picks up the food trash at my school for that purpose so things like banana peels & eggshells are excluded. |
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Tigerstyleone
Joined: 01 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes you can. They do compost, but some building managers don't like it because they are ignorant. |
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itistime
Joined: 23 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes you can. They do compost, but some building managers don't like it because they are ignorant. |
Yes. Is it for your own personal compost?
You may be concerned if it is a white (bleached) filter.
You know they sell cloth (re-usable) filters all over the place? |
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Vox_Populi
Joined: 04 May 2009
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| nero wrote: |
| I won't answer your question until it makes grammatical sense. Sorry. |
Sorry. I use an ipad that randomly "autocorrects" my speech. In effect, it just randomly changes my words and makes them seem, well, odd. |
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Vox_Populi
Joined: 04 May 2009
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:50 am Post subject: Re: Can I Compost Paper Coffee Filters??? |
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| Mr. Peabody wrote: |
| Vox_Populi wrote: |
| Does any know the answer to this FOR CERTAIN or do you know where/how to find out? |
Do you mean through it out with the food trash? Or, make your own compost at home. If it's the latter, then the answer is yes.
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/soil/msg012033032045.html
My wife says not to through out the coffee grounds and filter into the apartment building's food trash. Why? She says it's not "food". Yea ok, she wins. |
Korean law requires food waste to go out in a separate bag from the other waste in the household. It's commonly referred to as the compost. |
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Vox_Populi
Joined: 04 May 2009
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
Filters & grounds compost beautifully (veteran gardener here).
If you're talking about civic food waste collection in Korea, its generally incinerated, not composted. So again, your filters would be fine.
A possible exception would be if you knew the scraps were being recycled as pig feed. A private contractor picks up the food trash at my school for that purpose so things like banana peels & eggshells are excluded. |
Perhaps it's incinerated in your neighborhood. In most areas of Korea, it's composted. |
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Vox_Populi
Joined: 04 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:52 am Post subject: |
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| rumdiary wrote: |
| What kind of coffee do you drink? |
The yummy kind.  |
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