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The Business of Compost Hauling

From: Avishay Artsy
Length: 00:03:51

A new business helps local restaurants save money and help the planet by composting. Read the full description.
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A new green business start-up called EcoMovement is working with New Hampshire cafes and restaurants to separate their compostable waste from normal trash. Their goal is to push Portsmouth and the Seacoast area to become a "zero waste" community, while helping business owners be more eco-friendly and save money on trash removal.

Broadcast History

Aired on New Hampshire Public Radio on May 19, 2010.

Transcript

Just before dinner at The Black Trumpet restaurant in Portsmouth, the staff is scurrying around the cramped kitchen.

“I’ll be pulling out of the oven now a sautéed artichoke and morel mushroom dish.”

Evan Mallett is the chef and co-owner. He picks a small softshell crab out of a bucket and rolls it in corn meal.

“and then I’m going to drop it in a pan, and everyone’s going to want to stand back, because they have a tendency to explode.” [sound of crab frying in oil]

Mallett says their tiny kitchen means there’s little room for storage, so they rely on fresh ingredients. That’s also why he’s put off separating their food waste into trash and compost.

“We’ve been looking for ways to get to composting, but its been prohibitive for us because of our space, not only inside the restaurant but also outside. We don’t have a back alley, we don’t have a parking lot, we don’t have a...
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INTRO:

A new green business start-up called EcoMovement is working with New Hampshire cafes and restaurants to separate their compostable waste from normal trash. Their goal is to push Portsmouth and the Seacoast area to become a "zero waste" community, while helping business owners be more eco-friendly and save money on trash removal. New Hampshire Public Radio's Avishay Artsy has this profile of the company.

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http://zerowastenow.com/