{"id":724,"date":"2022-04-08T18:24:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T18:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livingwithplastics.climateactionchildhood.net\/?page_id=724"},"modified":"2022-04-09T23:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T23:17:30","slug":"composting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingwithplastics.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/documentation\/composting\/","title":{"rendered":"Composting with food scraps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The scraps are carefully laid out daily <\/strong>
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Children take and bring back
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We gather with the food scraps during morning meetings and throughout the rest of the day.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“We need to keep the scraps close so we can keep our eye on them<\/em>“, says Laura<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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At the end of each week a small group of children gather the food scraps by carefully folding the tablecloth. Once the scraps are collected in the cloth package, they carry it down the stairs and toward the waiting bin.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Moving the scraps off the
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\u201cEww , wiggly, wiggly” – Cory<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As children dump the food scraps onto the growing pile, the scraps become living compost that changes week after week.
The scraps change each day. Their look, feel, and smell becomes a topic of conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEww , yuck it\u2019s on my hand; it\u2019s all
slimy and squishy<\/em>.\u201d – Amy
\u201cEww , it smells disgusting<\/em>.\u201d – Cory
\u201cI don\u2019t want to touch them. They
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The children decide to draw a line at the top of each new layer to keep track of the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They soon notice liquid at the bottom of the bin and green and white mould on the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a few weeks the bin is too full and too smelly to keep inside. We invite the children to create an outdoor compost bin.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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