Build a small kitchen-scrap compost bin for a Manshiyat Naser courtyard

Vegetable and fruit scraps from household kitchens currently go into the general collection stream instead of feeding the neighborhood's own soil — a simple bin gives a courtyard or rooftop a place to turn food scraps into soil for pots and small beds, separate from the community's material-recycling economy. Standard: FAO organic-waste-to-soil guidance — SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) & SDG 15 (Life on Land). Proof: Photo of finished bin plus host confirmation. Method (FAO organic-waste-to-soil guidance — SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) & SDG 15 (Life on Land).): 1. Pick a shaded courtyard or rooftop corner with host permission. 2. Build or place a simple bin from wood pallets or a perforated drum. 3. Add a first layer of dry material (cardboard scraps, dried leaves). 4. Show the host how to layer future kitchen scraps with dry material. 5. Photograph the finished bin and label it. Done when: Photo of finished bin plus host confirmation.

Where

Invited courtyard, Manshiyat Naser, Cairo, Egypt

Pay

$220 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

Photo of finished bin plus host confirmation.

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-03

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 90–360 minutes. Method of record: Compost application per NRCS CPS 336 / CDFA Healthy Soils quantification (rate, quality, incorporation for the site) — finished compost only; assess→apply→verify

Bring

• finished compost meeting the quality spec (temperature-cured; STA/US Composting Council tested where available)
• spreader, wheelbarrow + rakes/shovels at garden scale
• camera + GPS + tape/bucket for rate calibration
• gloves + dust mask for dry material handling

Steps

1. 1. ASSESS: photograph the application area as found, record GPS boundary and area, and confirm the application rate (tons/acre or inches of depth) and compost quality documentation against the plan.
2. 2. Calibrate the rate (bucket-per-area or spreader pass test) so the applied depth matches the plan.
3. 3. Apply compost evenly across the area; keep material out of waterways, drains, and off pavement (sweep any spill back onto soil).
4. 4. Incorporate or leave surface-applied exactly per the plan (no-till surface application is valid under CPS 336).
5. 5. VERIFY: photograph the finished application from matching vantage + a depth-check photo (ruler in the applied layer) at ≥3 points; log source, quantity, rate, and date as the application record.

If it does not match the plan

• Compost not finished (hot, ammonia smell, recognizable feedstock) -> reject the load; immature compost harms the soil it should build.
• Rain forecast that would wash material to a drain before incorporation -> delay application.
• Application area drains directly to a waterway with no buffer -> route to the conservation planner for a setback plan first.

What counts as done

• Application record complete: source, quality doc, quantity, rate, area, GPS, date
• Depth-check photos at ≥3 points match the planned rate
• No compost in gutters/drains/waterways (site-perimeter photo)

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.