’Tis the season! Of giving, spending, cheers and—let’s admit it—excess food that often gets thrown out. And while we are all for resurrecting Noche Buena leftovers—see our recipes here—some meals just can’t be recycled. Blame it on the lack of meal planning.
So instead of leaving food wastes out to rot and produce more greenhouse gases in landfills, local eco-solutions initiative Green Space wants you to save them in bokashi buckets until they can personally collect them. What do they do with these food wastes? Turn them into nutrient-rich compost through the bokashi method.
If you’re not familiar with this composting method, here is a primer on other landfill alternatives you can do at home.
[READ: Food waste in landfills is a recipe for disaster. Try bokashi or vermicomposting at home instead]By subscribing to Green Space’s Book-A-Bucket composting service (P620/month), you will get a composting bucket where you can store your food wastes while waiting for them to pick them up. It currently services most Metro Manila cities (Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Makati, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Pasig, San Juan and select areas in Parañaque and Quezon City) and is looking to expand to more locales by demand.
It’s a circular system, too! If like most Filipinos you have taken on plant parenting, you’d be happy to know that the service provides exchange rewards in the form of produce or nutrient-rich soil.
Sign up for Book-A-Bucket through this form.