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Compost + Company
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###inedible food scrap curation in a very big city [map](http://compostandco.marcshifflett.com)

Curate and map neighborhood food waste diversion data soliciting crowd-sourced metadata

Look at the center of any strange idea, you'll always find someone with a great question.

[Comment on Kickstarter =>](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/968545879/107477158?token=d5142f89)

## Question, questions

* Can we visualize food waste to compost participation over time? Is there even data to measure this? If not, can it be inferred by other means?

* How does metadata inform participation?

## Inputs

* Metadata
* Data
* Tests
* Surveys and polls

## Rules of CompostandCompany
* Rule 1 keep it close to home
* Rule 2 keep it close to home
* Rule 3 relationships = trust
* Rule 4 {measure ~ data ~ truth}
* Rule 5 No truth? then Rule 4

## Some Assumptions

* My planet will have soil, air and water free of man-made chemical pollutants.
* Reduce ~ Reuse ~ Recycle loop bad. Waste ~ Decay loop good.
* Planned obsolescence must die!
* Global climate changes profound impact on water resources is the visible threat that crosses all geographic zones.
* Cities are food scrap machines. Doh.
* Using economies of scale can facilitate a consistent & reliable product.
* Adding composted organic matter innoculates, improves water retention and provides plant nutrients.
* Soils rich in beneficial organisms become carbon sponges.
* Compost is a natural "nearly free" resource unlike water.

## Possible Outcomes

* Creative ideation
* Field data collection
* Event / Media campaigns
* Metadata, datasets & APIs
* Explore sensors
* GCFS (General Compost Standard)
* Maps, maps, maps
* Viz, viz, visu-a-li-zation
* Discourse/Slack chat
* Fun

Rewards
* Fun
* Stickers
* Hemp bags4Bikes
* Some really special secret stuff

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## Resources

**Books**

_Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make things,_ 2002. Michael Braungart and William McDonough.

"WITH AND OF AND BY AND FOR" by Greg Bloom https://civicquarterly.com/article/with-and-of-and-by-and-for/

**Opendata**

* https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/Food-Scrap-Drop-Off-Sites/rmmq-46n5
* https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/DSNY-Monthly-Tonnage-Data/ebb7-mvp5

**Web Scraping & Mapping tools**

* [Kimono Labs] (https://www.kimonolabs.com/)
* [Tabula PDF](https://tabula.technology/)
* [ScraperWiki] (https://scraperwiki.com/docs/developer/)
* [QGIS Community](http://www2.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/index.html)
* [Cartodb](https://cartodb.com)

csv2geojson urban_ag_sites_geocoded.csv > urban_ag_sites_geocoded.geojson
csv2geojson urban_ag_sites_geoclient.csv > urban_ag_sites_geoclient.geojson

**Reports**

* [CBC (Citizens Budget Commission) audit] (http://www.cbcny.org/sites/default/files/REPORT_GarbageFacts_05222014.pdf)
* [NYC Composting Project] (http://www1.nyc.gov/site/dsny/resources/initiatives/nyc-compost-project.page)
- [DSNY Community Composting Report](http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/downloads/pdf/studies-and-reports/2014-community-composting-report-LL77.pdf)