As Solarcone continues its mission to bring food waste solutions to American families, companies, and agencies, we have enjoyed attention from the media. Check back often for the latest information.

 

June 27, 2008

Summer Tips for the Green Cone

As the weather gets warmer, decomposition accelerates. As a result, you may see fruit flies or maggots in your Green Cone. The elevated temperature is creating a wonderful environment for these pests to hatch.

Although the creatures found in the Green Cone are helpful to the digestion process, they can be extremely annoying. We have a few tips to help combat them organically:

Before taking your food scraps to the Green Cone, spray them with orange oil or neem seed oil extract. Or if those are unavailable, canola oil will work. The eggs (unfortunately) are already on the food we eat, we just don't realize it. So spraying your food before you take it to the Green Cone is key - when the larvae are covered with oil, they will not be able to hatch once in the Green Cone.

If it has reached the point where the pests have already hatched, spray some organic fly killer directly into the Green Cone. It is important that you use an organic pesticide (recently, a customer just told us about an organic fly killer that contains rosemary, cinnamon and garlic - and it worked great!)

We are currently looking at stocking organic pesticide here at the Solarcone Store. We will surely announce it when we do!

Happy Summer from your friends at Solarcone!

 

 

June 14, 2008

It Happens to Us, Too...

Solarcone, Inc. is located in the Midwest. If you have been watching the national news, you know that we have been suffering with heavy rain and devastating floods here.

And our Green Cones are filled with water.

So what are we doing to work through this issue? Firstly, we have stopped putting food scraps in the Green Cone. We are saving our food waste in a container and placing the container in the freezer.

Secondly, we have been putting brown waste in our Green Cones - newspaper, coffee filters, etc. Normally this is NOT recommended for the Green Cone. However, we are adding bulking agents to soak up the water.

This will slow the digestion process considerably but eventually all the organic material will decompose into the surrounding soil and within a month, our Green Cones will be back to working as usual.

So for now we wait. And in the meantime, we are donating water and clothing to those in our region who have lost so much more...

 

 

June 2, 2008

Midwest Green Procurement Conference

Solarcone will be exhibiting at the 2008 Green Exposition at historic Navy Pier in downtown Chicago.

Solarcone staffers are proud to have been Chicago residents while Mayor Daley's efforts resulted in our city being named one of the greenest in the nation. Visit the best and brightest in green purchasing initiatives at this year's conference!

 

 

May 5, 2008

Boulder County Composting Bin Sale!

The Boulder County Resource Conservation Division is hosting a ONE DAY BIN SALE on Saturday, May 10 at the Boulder County Recycling Center. Solarcone representatives will be on-site to help explain how the Green Cone works and the benefits to our community. Come join us from 9 a.m. to Noon!

 

 

April 23, 2008

Let's Get Down and Dirty!

Solarcone will be at the City of Fort Collins' Composting & Gardening Festival, "Get Down and Dirty" on May 3. The event will be held at The Gardens on Spring Creek from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. and promises to be fun for everyone!

The festival will feature demonstrations, children's activities, and food. Before you leave, be sure to pick up a Green Cone - it will be on sale for a discounted rate!