Webinar: Bike-Powered Food Scrap Collection - Spotlight on Equipment

On December 13th at 2p.m. EST we hosted a webinar on bike-powered food scrap collectors as part of our webinar series for community composters. Watch this webinar to learn about:
• Equipment and supply needs including safety clothing
• Equipment options from buckets to bikes and trailers
• Bike security and storage
• The benefits of electric assist bikes
• Costs of equipment
• Lessons and tips from bike-powered haulers:
- Peels & Wheels Composting (Connecticut)
- CompostNow (North Carolina)
- Bennett Compost (Pennsylvania)

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For those interested, the motor on the main street pedicabs is a 1000 watt, Bafang. It's a crank drive versus in the hub of a wheel. They were powerful and fun to service.

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I got replacement parts at Luna Cycle out of California.