Compost in Barcelona

compost basket, feb 2010 compost basket, feb 2010

Yes compost. Yes Barcelona. In this 5th floor apartment, in the middle of the city, we are composting. I noticed the brown bins in the street a month or so ago, and then when Juanjo went to do some municipal paperwork he picked up the basket and the bags (which are made from potatoes, and biodegradable). He told me the woman began explaining how to compost, and he quickly reassured her that his wife knew what to do. For those of you who don’t know, I grew up composting. Long before people were talking about composting to save the environment, my parents were composting to use the soil for their garden. Since living in cities, I’ve had a guilty conscience about NOT composting. So it was very exciting the day Juanjo showed up with the pail and we started sending out food scraps back into usable earth, instead of landfills.

throwing out the compost, feb 2010

How about following the trend, San Francisco?

Do you compost? Would you like to? What stops you from starting?

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Juanjo's wife and co-founder of this site.
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4 Responses to Compost in Barcelona

  1. Anonymous says:

    ME PARECE INTERESANTE Y MUY BENEFICIOSO PARA ELMEDIO AMBIENTE NO TIRAR TODOS LOS DESECHOS AL MISMO CUBO, PUES DE SEGUIR COMO HEMOS ACTUADO HASTA LA FECHA LOS DESPERDICIOS Y LOS RESIDUOS DEL HOGAR ACABARAN CON NOSOTROS. EN TOLEDO TODAVIA NO HA LLEGADO EL HABITACULO PARA HACER COMPOST. BESOS

  2. Kimmie says:

    I was reading about how they are wanting to do this in SF….I think they should start a trend everywhere!

  3. I love it! We can compost here and put whatever can go back in the earth in the yard waste, I do it as much as I can, I really need a bin or bucket though!! So awesome to know that you can do such a thing in such a big city:)

  4. Anonymous says:

    Ya veo que bien en la playa y el como separar los residuos. La verdad es que la tradución a español del texto es un poco rarita. Pronto estareis en Toledo. Un beso fuerte

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