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On Feb 24, 2015, 6:23:19 PM, Alex Hillman [email protected] wrote:
Duh. My girlfriend works in the restaurant industry. I should’ve thought to ask her sooner.
Thank you Robert, for saving my relationship! 
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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…
- 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
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BTW as I hit send on that last email I realized the tone might’ve seemed cheeky - it was 100% genuine. I truly, completely forgot to ask her for advice on commercial kitchen trash compactors, kitchen equipment in general.
thanks Jeannine.