This Sunday, March 7, the 6th and 7th grade Sunday School classes will create signs and offer assistance during Fellowship Hour to help you understand our  composting program. 

Many of us recycle and compost at home, and now    Plymouth is participating in Seattle’s commercial      composting program.  Since 2006, Seattle’s commercial compost program has tripled, with over 800 businesses participating (see September 19, 2008, P-I article, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/379713_organics19.html ).  Plymouth’s goal is to increase what we compost and   recycle so that we can switch from 2 garbage pick-ups a week to one!  Our efforts are supporting Seattle’s goal of recycling 60% of all waste by the year 2012 — significantly reducing the garbage that must be shipped to landfills. 

You may have noticed the compostable hot and cold cups with green bands around the bottom - these can go in the green compost bins instead of the garbage.  When you finish your tea, coffee, or juice, toss the cups with the green bands into the bin with the green liner. We can also toss table scraps and napkins in the compost bins.  However, disposable soup bowls, foil tea bags, and  plastic utensils must go in the garbage bin – the one with the black plastic liner – until we get compostable bowls and utensils.  

We can all help out by tossing only compostable waste into the bins with the green liners.  If garbage (soup bowls, plastic, foil) ends up in the compost bins, it     contaminates the compost so we have to put the compost bags into the garbage dumpster. 

Thanks for your efforts to recycle and compost at Plymouth!

— Cindy Lantry