“As a partner in Independence Station, NatureMill will feature their products in the homes of the 15 21st pioneers who choose to see just how efficiently they can live,” says Steven Ribeiro of Aldeia, LLC. “NatureMill composters will be among the many technological innovations viewed by tourists and visitors to the building, serving as a fine example of a simple, low cost green idea anyone can use at home.”
Ribeiro plans to have the compact NatureMill automatic composters be part of each kitchen in Independence Station’s 15 distinctive one- and two-bedroom condominiums. Residents will simply deposit daily food scraps into the top of the composter and begin removing rich compost within just two odor-free weeks. With the ability to compost 120 pounds of food scraps each month, NatureMill composters could keep up to 10.5 tons of residents’ food scraps out of landfills each year. They will only use a token amount of the building’s solar and vegetable oil-generated power.
About NatureMill, Inc.:
Founded in 2004 in San Francisco, NatureMill, Inc. is devoted to making compost easy and accessible to everyone. NatureMill composters have been sold in 27 counties and are busy diverting 4,000 tons of waste from landfills worldwide. More information about NatureMill, Inc. can be found at http://www.naturemill.com.
About the World’s Greenest Building:
Independence Station – The World’s Greenest Building, an Aldeia, LLC community, is on track to earn the world’s highest LEED rating when it is completed in 2010. Located in the historic pioneer town of Independence, OR, the building will obtain its energy primarily from the sun and vegetable oil with leftover energy going to the local utility to show how the new Smart Grid technologies can help solve National Energy Security challenges. A $15 million, 57,000-square-
