Doing "something" with green waste

[Pinewood Acres]

How do you guys repackage or reuse your green waste during the course of business? I'm talking about falling pine needles or out of date plants or ugly fruits. What do you do with them, so they aren't a total loss? Are they part of your business plan?

 

[franckdupont]

mulch?

 

[Almost Eden]

I put flowers and plants on clearance to try to get them sold. If that fails, then I dry them for crafts or sachets. I have very little waste really.

I'm with @franckdupont, pine needles make great mulch, especially for plants that thrive in acidic soil like azaleas.

 

[Emergency Cake]

I grow/raise many of the ingredients that I use at my bakery and part of my strategy is to donate what isn't sold and take a tax write-off or donate it in exchange for free advertising. I repurpose a lot of stuff when it's possible. Just about any cake can be turned into something else.