<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi<br>I am really sorry but I forgot who I had this conversation with and am hoping that they're subbed to this list and the topic will ring a bell.<br><br></div>Obviously not tech related and so may bore some...<br><br></div>I happened on a conversation about how the most unlikely of businesses pop up from unusual stuff. Anyway I gave a couple of examples and said I'd send links.  Sort of forgot about it till one of those businesses popped up in my fb timeline and then thinking about it had other examples.<br><br></div>1. Zoo doo. <a href="http://www.zoodoo.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.zoodoo.co.nz/</a><br></div>Zoo doo is being sold in bags, with free home delivery. <br><br></div>Auckland Zoo lists them as one of tie recipients of their waste <a href="http://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/sites/conservation/community-and-home/waste" target="_blank">http://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/sites/conservation/community-and-home/waste</a><br><div><br><div>A bit of digging found more info...<br>It is run by Second Chance Enterprises <br> <a href="http://www.secondchance.org.nz/Home.html" target="_blank">http://www.secondchance.org.nz/Home.html</a><br><br>They have another business called Endangered Faeces <a href="http://www.endangeredfaeces.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.endangeredfaeces.co.nz/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>A quick search shows it is available elsewhere in the world from other zoos, under different names.  <br>Stoiry about Zoo Gro from Melbourne Zoo<br><a href="http://gardenworld.com.au/2013/12/18/gardenworld-now-sells-zoo-gro/" target="_blank">http://gardenworld.com.au/2013/12/18/gardenworld-now-sells-zoo-gro/</a><br><br>Story about various US zoo poo<br><a href="http://www.livescience.com/5072-extreme-recycling-zoo-doo.html" target="_blank">http://www.livescience.com/5072-extreme-recycling-zoo-doo.html</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/fertilizing-your-garden-with-zoo-poo-1" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/article/fertilizing-your-garden-with-zoo-poo-1</a><br><br>More stories if you search those names eg Zoo Poopy Doo form 
Louiseville Zoo in Kentucky 
<a href="https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=Zoo+Poopy+Doo" target="_blank">https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=Zoo+Poopy+Doo</a><br><br><a href="http://www.coblands.co.uk/info/zoo-poo" target="_blank">http://www.coblands.co.uk/info/zoo-poo</a><br><a href="http://time.com/127662/this-zoo-is-selling-exotic-animal-poop/" target="_blank">http://time.com/127662/this-zoo-is-selling-exotic-animal-poop/</a><br></div><div><br>What happens to the 2760 tonnes of zoo poo from London Zoo <a href="http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/news/re-usable-%E2%80%98zoo-poo%E2%80%99" target="_blank">http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/news/re-usable-%E2%80%98zoo-poo%E2%80%99</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Last section of page below is about 50 ltr bags from Paignton Zoo Poo (UK) <a href="http://theteggroup.plc.uk/operations/end-products/" target="_blank">http://theteggroup.plc.uk/operations/end-products/</a><br><br></div><div>2. We Compost <a href="http://www.wecompost.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.wecompost.co.nz/</a><br></div><div>This is the composting business in Auckland that I forgot the name of. <br><br></div><div>Basically they have wheelie bins set a businesses and collect it regularly to compost. <a href="http://www.wecompost.co.nz/about/auckland-food-waste-collection/" target="_blank">http://www.wecompost.co.nz/about/auckland-food-waste-collection/</a> has more info about it.<br><br></div><div>Last year, to promote composting There was something called "We Compost Weekend" where people were to fill paper bags with their household scraps and exchange it for a voucher/special when they showed up with it. Their photo album will give you an idea of the size of bags and some of the "gifts"<br>Their video promo for that weekend <a href="http://vimeo.com/104687840" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/104687840</a><br><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.692532674170780.1073741825.187630611327658" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.692532674170780.1073741825.187630611327658</a><br></div><div><br>Treats <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WeCompostNZ/photos/a.222350904522295.51265.187630611327658/692757950814919/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/WeCompostNZ/photos/a.222350904522295.51265.187630611327658/692757950814919/</a><br><br><span>List of treats were posted as pics on their facebook<br>Ponsonby Central treats
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/WeCompostNZ/photos/a.222350904522295.51265.187630611327658/691353150955399/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/WeCompostNZ/photos/a.222350904522295.51265.187630611327658/691353150955399/</a>
<br>Treats elsewhere in Auckland
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/WeCompostNZ/photos/a.222350904522295.51265.187630611327658/691352937622087/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/WeCompostNZ/photos/a.222350904522295.51265.187630611327658/691352937622087/</a><br></span><br></div><div>Article <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/food-news/10434402/A-weekend-to-trade-with-compost" target="_blank">http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/food-news/10434402/A-weekend-to-trade-with-compost</a><br><br></div><div></div><div>There's already many businesses in Auckland (and probably other areas in NZ) who collect garden waste. <br><br></div><div>WeCompost isn't the only composting business. There's worm farms, a bucket compost system etc.  Also there's others who run their own collection for their purposes. For example there's a market near where I live on Tues + Fri mornings. There's vendors selling fruits + veges. I've noticed a horse trailer picking up waste from the stalls at the end of the day (eg badly dented fruit, the outer leaves from heads of lettuce/cabbage etc) and one day asked him if it was for his compost bin. It turns out it is to feed his pigs.<br><br></div><div>4. Hungry Bin  <a href="http://www.hungrybin.co.nz/">http://www.hungrybin.co.nz/</a><br></div><div></div><div>Worm farm<br><br></div><div>Here's one set up at a local school <a href="https://www.facebook.com/211123018916237/photos/a.806337936061406.1073741829.211123018916237/992112867483911/">https://www.facebook.com/211123018916237/photos/a.806337936061406.1073741829.211123018916237/992112867483911/</a><br><br><br></div><div>5. Eco Shop<br></div><div>This is a shop set up to sell stuff that may otherwise be dumped in the landfill. There's lots of things that people chuck out that are still usable. Anyway this shop sells that stuff. If this is the same shop (It sounds like it), it started out many years ago near the landfill/local tip and sold stuff that could be reused.<br><br><a href="http://www.ecocentral.co.nz/services/ecoshop" target="_blank">http://www.ecocentral.co.nz/services/ecoshop</a><br><a href="http://www.ecocentral.co.nz/services/ecoshop/what-we-sell" target="_blank">http://www.ecocentral.co.nz/services/ecoshop/what-we-sell</a><br><a href="http://www.ecocentral.co.nz/services/ecoshop/why-shop-at-ecoshop" target="_blank">http://www.ecocentral.co.nz/services/ecoshop/why-shop-at-ecoshop</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Obviously there's other shops like salvation army store, hospice shop, some other businesses that sell stuff for reuse (eg used doors, carpets etc).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Anyway that's it for now.<br><br></div><div>regards<br></div><div>lin<br></div></div></div>