Community Blog
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
Eco-Friendly Spring Events and Updates
Dear Friends:
I hope this note finds you all in good health. It has been a while since I sent any Vokashi news.
Tuesday, April 4
370 Jay Street, 12th Fl
6 – 8 PM
I am a finalist in the Make It In Brooklyn Female Founders Pitch Contest sponsored by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. The in person pitch contest is taking place on Tuesday, April 4 from 6 to 8 at the NYU Campus 370 Jay Street, 12th Floor. Please join me if you can. All event details and $5 ticket sales can be found on the Eventbrite here.
Sunday, April 16
EARTHDAY 2023
12-6 PM
New York City’s Union Square
(East 17th & Park Avenue)
earthdayinitiative.org
Join the millions who want a more sustainable future!
Vokashi will be exhibiting, contact us for more information.
Vokashi & ScanScraps Pilot
Vokashi has started an exciting program with ScanScraps. ScanScraps provides you the Vokashi subscribers with compostable bags, a kitchen container (if needed) and support through an application for your iPhone or Android smart phone to help you keep track of the amount of food scraps you have collected, valuable incentives as well as other valuable resources. Contact us for more information.
Curbside Organics Collection
Mayor Adams recently announced that the City will be implementing a curbside organics collection program. However, the curbside organics collection program will not be mandatory in the immediate future, and many building owners may refuse to participate. Our service is here to help those wanting to compost but meeting various blocks. Particularly for those living in Manhattan, there is another year before the program will even be started. Remember we take your food scraps back to the earth where they belong. Contact us for more information.
Many thanks for supporting this green service.
—
Vandra Thorburn, Founder
VOKASHI – kitchen waste solution
2021 Citizen’s Committee Grantee
2010 2nd Place PowerUp Competition!
vokashi.com
#MakeItinBK
Vokashi
For easy composting at home
The goal Vokashi set out to achieve is to decrease the amount of food that ends up in landfills. Most of us don't think about where our food is going when we throw it in the trash, but food waste makes up about 1/3 of the waste in landfills in the US. That's a lot! Vokashi aims to change that by following a Japanese method of fermenting food waste. Vokashi takes your food waste and uses it in a composting system. There are many benefits to composting, but one of the biggest ones is lowering your carbon footprint by decreasing the amount of food waste in landfills, which reduces methane emissions. If you want to learn more about the process or how to get involved with this company, visit Vokashi.com.
