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There are (sort of expensive: $400 I believe) in-house compost bins that create compost you could then use in flower pots or something. (Distribute in local parks?? By dark of night!!)

Or there is vermiculture, composting indoors with earthworms.

I have considered these ideas even though I have a yard -- my land is surrounded by the windows of my neighbors, so anything unsightly would cause complaints, so these systems might be useful, one of these days.

That's awesome! I'm still surprised that Portland doesn't allow compost. We have big green bins that say "compost" but it's really just for yard debris.

You can always have a planter garden. We have no natural green space but use planters to have a whole garden and we have our own small vermiculture to compost, there is no smell and it's easy to do. Also if you really want to compost check with your local community garden or gardening groups about finding places to compost. Don't wait for your city government to do something you CAN do on your own.

It's not as pretty as the above, but we have a bin from Gaiam (http://www.gaiam.com/product/09-0068.do?SID=WG098SPRTAPEMACS&GCID=C18376x014&keyword=%2709-0068) and then we cart it over to Whole Foods once a week or so. Hopefully they are putting it to good use even though we can't (as we have no garden).

Actually they've been doing this for over a year. Cambridge residents can also pick up some limited amount the resultant compost.

Actually they've been running this program for over a year. Cambridge residents can also pick up a limited amount of the resultant compost.

If anyone from NY is reading this there are multiple places where you can drop off compost. Each week my roommate and I fill a bread bags (you know the one wrapped around your wonderbread) with compost, We keep it in a large tupperware in the fridge during the week while its filling up and drop it off on the weekend in the compost bin in our local community garden. Keeping it in the fridge keeps it from gettin stinky :-)

Hi Kyle,

I'm glad for that composting post because when I saw your apartment in your posts with all that light it seemed that a great addition would be lovely green plants.

Composting gives you great soil material, and the natural light source gives all the, well light.

They sell those colorful glass watering bulbs that you can fill with water and stick in your plant containers so that they get the water that they need, even when you are away.

Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it :)

Thanks for the topic of compost.

I hope that more and more folks take it to heart and chose composting. If there's no green space at someone's residence, then I say kudos to SherryBinNH who ascribes to dropping your compost off in a local park flower bed.

Hey, how about the Arnold Arboretum. They might even establish a program where people could drop off their compost for use on the premises.

What do you think?

www.arboretum.harvard.edu

How timely, Slate just reviewed of several home composters. I thought of this post after reading the review of the "green cone" system composter which "produces no harvestable dirt, just water and carbon dioxide." If you just want to find a way to dispose of organic waste with minimal effort and without trucking soil all across town, this might work for you. I do believe that it requires some yard space and drainage though. Like to article is here: http://www.slate.com/id/2219597/pagenum/all/#p2