Duh. My girlfriend works in the restaurant industry. I should’ve thought to ask her sooner.
Thank you Robert, for saving my relationship! ;) ---------- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Feb 24, 2015, 5:47:30 PM, Robert Petrusz <[email protected]> wrote: Two thoughts: 1 Searsoutlet.com We just upgraded our dishwasher from the local searsoutlet store. I found a new-ish model for something in between a new model price and a craigslist find price, and they delivered and installed. There was a local outlet store where I could pick out the exact item I wanted. http://www.searsoutlet.com/ Your post made me curious and I did a search and they have a few for sale. They have one called "The Gladiator" that sounds like it might also be a culture-fit for IndyHall.... ;-) 2. Restaurant supply stores/food industry folks in general Ask a few restaurant owners in your neighborhood. They might have some suggestions. Robert Bull City Coworking Durham On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 11:15:00 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote: > I love all of these creative and community oriented solutions to reduce trash > - and we’ve done them! Hopefully this thread proves useful for future folks > searching for this issue. > > Even up until this point, we’ve had members contributing to the research on > trash compactors. :) The issue - and why I’m asking here instead of our > members - is that so far we haven't find any reviews or reports on how the > compactors we’ve found hold up to higher volume usage. > > We’re at the point where we have a completely reasonable amount of trash > being generated for 100+ people in the space daily. I’m just looking to > reduce the amount of space it takes up until it’s removed. > > -Alex > > Alex, > This issue is RIPE for your community to Indyhallify it! If you can name a > goddamn street and start a farmer's market then the community can most > certainly figure out how to reduce its trash. It'll likely take some work in > mind-shifting around what's okay to bring into the space. > First, what composes the bulk of your non recyclable, non compostable waste? > Is it throw-away coffee cups that members are bringing in from their morning > commutes? Is it plastic wrap or ziploc bags or what?? Find the source of the > trash, then reorient as a community :) Hell, I might even go so far as to > collect a week's worth of trash and put it in the lobby. > > I believe in you all. > > Angel > > On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 12:52:22 PM UTC-7, Alex Hillman wrote: > > We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated > > at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots > > of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is getting > > rid of the trash :) > > > > Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons? > > Make/model that works well for you? > > > > Recommendations welcome :) > > > > -Alex > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > > The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. > > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > > Listen to the podcast: http://coworkingweekly.com/show > > > > > > > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected](javascript:). > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected](mailto:[email protected]). For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
