{"id":59,"date":"2014-12-11T23:56:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T23:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2025-12-17T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:30:45","slug":"earth-tub-composter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/archive-wsu-puyallups-legacy-of-urban-and-organic-systems-research\/earth-tub-composter\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Tub Composter"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tEarth Tub Composter Project\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p>Earth Tub Composters are small on-site composting systems that can be used to recycle food waste from school lunch programs or smaller businesses into compost. This reduces garbage volume and costs while providing an education on recycling for students. Compost produced can be used in landscaping or sold to employees and student families.&nbsp; While the Earth Tub no longer made, check out the similar <a href=\"http:\/\/compostingtechnology.com\/in-vessel-composting-systems\/earth-cube\/\"><strong>Earth Cube<\/strong><\/a> which is also from Green Mountain Technologies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/EarthTub_EducAnalCompGenEtc.pdf\"><strong>Educational Analysis of Compost Generated Through On-Site In-Vessel Food Waste Composting, Final Report<\/strong>&nbsp;(PDF-Online,&nbsp;large&nbsp;file).<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/compostingtechnology.com\/category\/earth-tub\/\"><strong>Earth Tub Composter Blog&nbsp;Archives.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kingcounty.gov\/depts\/dnrp\/solid-waste\/programs\/greenschools\/success-stories\/crestwood.aspx\">Crestwood Elementary School Earth Tub Project.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/old.seattletimes.com\/html\/education\/2003554534_beartha03m.html\">Seattle Times Article on Crestwood Elementary School&#8217;s Earth Tub Project.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/Earthtub1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-909\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/Earthtub1-396x297.jpg\" alt=\"People using Earth Tub Composter\" width=\"469\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/Earthtub1-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/Earthtub1-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/Earthtub1-990x742.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/Earthtub1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-130 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/WSDOE-logo-biggest-orig.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"105\">&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/EPA-logo.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/EPA-logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"111\"><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-129 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2014\/12\/Logo_King-Cty.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"95\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":681,"featured_media":0,"parent":2311,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[55],"wsuwp_university_org":[396,441],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/681"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/2391"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}