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Christie
July 6th, 2011, 02:23 PM
I'm trying to get this recycling stuff figured out. I've got all the pamphlets from the base and I think I've gone through all the posts and links on this site about it, but I can't seem to find an answer to these two:

What do I do with little bags that look like paper on the outside, but are a shiny silver color on the inside? Things I've run into like this: McCormick seasoning packets (like Taco seasoning, Chili seasoning, etc), dry onion soup mix, and tea bag wrappers. I'm not really sure if that silver stuff in there is paper or not. Anybody know? Maybe it's a combination material, so it goes in the yellow bag?

Cooked vegetables. Maybe I mis-heard, but I think the on-base spouses briefing said you don't put them in the bio bin. I can't find anything online that confirms this though, and I can't imagine that cooked vegetables are somehow no longer biodegradable. Did I hear correctly? No cooked veggies in the bio bin?

Thanks in advance!

JOFTAA
July 6th, 2011, 02:37 PM
Welcome to the area.

McCormick seasoning packets (like Taco seasoning, Chili seasoning, etc), dry onion soup mix, and tea bag wrappers.

Yellow bags.

Cooked vegetables

Ours go out into the compost, but if you don't compost, then the bio bin is where they go.

Which night is taco night?

Native
July 6th, 2011, 11:42 PM
Rats love vegetables in the compost. Also doesn`t smell that good.....therefore i put it into the bio bin.

Christie
July 7th, 2011, 08:48 AM
Thanks!

JOFTAA
July 7th, 2011, 09:01 AM
Rats love vegetables in the compost. Also doesn`t smell that good.....therefore i put it into the bio bin.

How close to your house is your compost bin? My compost bin is about 50m from my house, so we don't see rats, or smell the compost at all. Never been a problem.

Native
July 7th, 2011, 07:08 PM
About 20m. When you see the rats it`s to late anyway ;)