♻️ 15 Cubic Yards and Counting!

Even with frozen fingers and deep snow, the Greenwich Composting Project doesn’t stop. The last two weeks have brought snow, deep freezes, and plenty of composting creativity.

🪱 Weekly Collection Totals

• Last week: 136.4 lbs of kitchen scraps collected

• This week: 186.6 lbs — way to bounce back!

Thanks to all our amazing neighbors braving the cold to drop off their peels, cores, and coffee grounds!

🧊 Frozen Buckets, Warm Piles

Winter threw us a real challenge these past two weeks:

• ❄️ Scraps were frozen solid to the sides of the scrap buckets

• 🚶 Snowshoes were required to cart everything up the hill to our composting site

• 🧤 We had to warm the scraps in the garage just to get them out and mixed in

But where there’s a will, there’s a way!

🌡️ Despite the Chill, the Bins are Cooking

Outside temperatures were bitter — well below freezing — but inside our bins? Toasty.

• 🔥 Bin temps: 80°F and 85°F

• ❄️ Outer edges may be frozen hard, but the cores are warm and steamy

• 🐛 Our worms are thriving — check out the happy worm photo!

📏 15 Cubic Yards — What Does That Even Look Like?

This week, we crossed an amazing milestone:

Over 15 cubic yards of kitchen waste diverted from landfill since we began!

So what does that mean?

That’s about the size of three full pickup truck beds, or roughly the same volume as a small U-Haul trailer. All of it transformed into future garden gold 🌿

💪 What’s Next?

As we keep layering scraps into our active piles and tending to the worms through winter, our sights are set on:

• Continuing regular temperature checks

• Preparing the oldest compost for heat treatment

• And supporting your spring gardens with finished compost!

Thanks for sticking with us through ice, snow, and steam — your food scraps are fueling something amazing 🌍💚

–The GCP Team