Featured Subscriber: Eddy Simone

This month, we are pleased to highlight one of our residential subscribers, Eddy Simone. Eddy represents our Tuesday route targeting food waste in West Orange County. He has been a subscriber with O-Town Compost since late May of 2022, and has already diverted 107 lbs. from the landfill! Eddy is originally from Danbury, Connecticut, but has been residing in Central Florida working as a zookeeper at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge for over 13 years (side note: did you know O-Town Compost has experience using the manure of herbivores to create compost? Maybe the animals of the Lodge would like to contribute???). Eddy’s hobbies include exploring the great outdoors and doing anything that has to do with mother nature including mountain biking, cycling, hiking, and taking his 2-year-old dog named Wednesday, on adventures. He also enjoys making his morning coffee and refining on its craft daily – also a large component of what he adds to his bucket.

Eddy first heard about us through The Farmacy, an organization that we work closely with and provides local organic food options throughout Central Florida, bridging the gap between local farmers and fresh food-loving residents. After Eddy did some research on our Instagram page, he was ready to start composting. He believes that composting is “one of the easiest ways to combat climate change and to divert his trash from the landfill. Overall, it’s an easy step towards zero-waste living.” With Fall Compost Giveback beginning this month, Eddy says that if he decides to request compost, he will use it on the landscaping of his home, since his HOA will not allow a garden. Does anyone else feel this pain? Even so, this compost will help enrich the Florida soil.

Eddy stands out as a waste warrior because he is frequently in communication with us to make sure items he is placing in his O-Town bucket can be composted. He truly wants to produce as little waste as possible, and buys products according to what is recyclable or compostable. This is a great reminder that not all products that say ‘compostable’ truly are, and Greenwashing is still prevalent.

O-Town subscribers! Each month we want to highlight subscribers that are standing out as waste warriors in our composting community. If you are interested in being featured, send us a direct message or e-mail us at info@o-towncompost.com.

Get Involved in The Community…

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Join IDEAS and City of WP in removing invasive species from Mead Garden! Invasive species often out-compete native species, resulting in wide-spread ecological and economic damage. For that reason, we will be removing invasive species from Mead Garden to help keep the natural balance of this ecosystem.

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**World Cleanup Day w/ Rep. Eskamani & O-Town Compost**

This year, Representative Anna V. Eskamani is joining forces with O-Town Compost, to take action in our shared vision of a cleaner, waste-free Orlando, and you are invited!
World Cleanup Day is one of the the world’s largest one-day civic actions. This occasion allows volunteers, governments and organizations to come together in efforts to embrace sustainability and tackle global waste.

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Composting Advocacy Opportunities

To achieve the goal of a Zero Waste Central Florida, it’s going to take political advocacy and action at the community grassroots level. Going forward, we want to bring together our subscribers, who are willing to write, call, and canvass for political change in support of food waste recycling.

Our subscribers are already doing a lot, diverting their household’s food scraps from the landfill, and deserve all the praise. Although, to live in a zero waste society, we need to unify our voice.

Click on the link below, and send us an email letting us know you’re interested in joining the Composting Advocacy Group, and we’ll be in touch shortly with more information about our efforts. Members of The Compost Advocacy Group will be subject to discounts, and promo codes.

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