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Oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis. Also goes by water bug or black beetle since the adult form is black to brown. This is a nymph. After hatching from the ootheca they are this red color for about 6 months. Their entire life span is about a 1 - 1 1/2 years. They are flightless but do have a set of reduced sized front wings called tegmina. But these are vestigial, left over from evolution with no use like our tails, which makes them brachypterous. They are also called water bugs because they hang around water and moisture. Most people encounter these insects around sewers or in damp places in the home. These guys and gals were in a dying willow tree we removed that was spongy and rotting inside. Though we consider them pests because they get into our homes and reproduce awesomely, their function in nature is to clean up decaying organic matter. Helping to break it down and making the locked away nutrients and materials bio available to nature again. And the red of the nymph, when not seen from an infestation of one’s home, is quite a beautiful red.
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Our Low Waste Mission
Closing the Loop began diverting waste streams from the landfill in 2012. After millions of lbs. of plastic, glass, metal, electronics and food waste passed through their facilities and the recycling market turned over on its head in what seemed like one night. Briana and Chris Young, owners/operators, saw a bigger picture. Recycling and composting was not enough to reach the grand goals that climate activists like them are working to accomplish.
The greater reach rests within each of us and how we view waste. How our individual lives produce waste and on a large scale how industry and small business alike choose to operate. Everyone of our actions has an outcome. Nearly all of them produce some kind of waste product.
With a grand view of this waste, our current focus is to assist people from all walks of life in the transition from wasting a lot to wasting a lot less.
Zero Waste is trending but its not a real time tangible goal for most individuals, families or businesses. We want solutions, real ones, that will inevitably shift the market and force industry change for the good of the planet. Which of course is truly good for everyone.
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