stonecats

stonecats t1_j5ubmuj wrote

> on October 3, 2022. Most larger buildings (>10 units)
were automatically sent a starter compost bin,

which within a week mostly and mysteriously disappeared.

i wish you people would admit forcing buildings to comply
will not work as well as simply hosting more robust bins
in our city parks, and get the parks department on board
instead of wasting money on flimsy owner hidden bins.
zoning laws in queens force parks in residential areas
making it the perfect place for a dept that is already
dealing with compost collection of leaf litter each fall.
i would much rather deposit a gallon container twice a
week in a nearby park, then play where's the bin now
games with lazy odor.bug.rodent fearful building staff.

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stonecats t1_ivi529a wrote

here you can at least see what your ballot will be like;
https://www.ballotready.org/ec/
then google the names if you don't vote a party line.
no candidate will ever seem perfect for anyone,
so think - lessor or two evils...
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/11/03/key-facts-about-u-s-voter-priorities-ahead-of-the-2022-midterm-elections/

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stonecats t1_iv2rcza wrote

just a rant, no need to respond.
https://northbrooklynnews.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/curbside-composting-002.jpg
so last month all the queens coops i live around got those
brown compost bins for people to deposit their kitchen scraps.
so i bought my own 1gal bin and special 1gal green cornmeal bags
as my cooking generates about 1gal of produce scraps each week.
today my bin is full, i tie up the baggie and then go for the city bin.
they are all gone, not a single building has them out anymore.
my guess is private coops don't want to have to deal with them.
i finally found one in front of a laundromat 6 long blocks away
and it was half full of paper waste.
i'm so depressed nobody bothers to participate in this program.
it's typical greenwashing how the city wastes money on poorly
executed programs to score political points and nothing improves.
i filed a complaint with 311 parks department to suggest they put
these brown bins in the parks somewhere people in surrounding
buildings can then bring their scraps to. parks already deal with
leaf litter waste separately, so compost should not be a stretch.
this anecdote only goes to show you that people will not save the
planet unless they are paid(savings) or legally compelled to do so.

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stonecats t1_it4m1bc wrote

just venting my frustration. every method to strip decades of latex paint (not sure what else is mixed in under there) off my old 1" thick plaster walls has failed, so i'm just going to skim coat everything - fuk it. just bummed such a common problem has no reliable solution (trust me, i've tried them all... pastes, sprays, deglazer, peel paper, googone, krudcutter, citrus. heat gun, steam, scrapers). someone told me i should blame it on OSHA because your grandfather's toxic paint removers were a lot more effective than all the "safe and natural" stuff they sell now...

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