[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Re: cleaning up

[quinn]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:31:43 -0700, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
> shaming is pretty good if it doesn't get out of 
> control (the joy of sacrificing goats). 
>    throwing money can be good: i think we should 
> have four types of refuse containers, all labeled: 
> * recycle 
> * food scraps (these with covers) 
> * drink containers: any bottles or cans or cups with 
>   liquid in them go here, frequently without mercy; 
>   cleaners would dump the liquids down a drain and 
>   then put the recyclables in the recycle trash.... 
> * garbage 
>    seems to me we should have sets of four in various 
> places around. agreed? if so, can we purchase such? 
> 
>    i'm for deprecating food, notably no house snack 
> food and no storing cooking ingredients; use the 
> kitchen facilities for projects (e.g. creme brulee). 

Probably a bit impractical and ineffective- most of the food waste is still
stuff brought in from outside, chinese, pizza, burritos, etc. Banning food
from the space will go over like a lead balloon I suspect. 

I think one problem with either prepped or saved food is actually knowing
when it's ok to throw it out. Like the big pot of rice: I personally
thought that's old, I'll throw it out. Huh. Maybe someone would get mad at
me. Suddenly I feel it's not my problem. Can we do something like if you
know it's a day old, and not marked "save" or secured from rats, it's
tossable?

q