Tag: Composting - Page 2
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Smart, Solar-Powered Kiosks for Recycling and Composting Send Text When They're Full
The University of Washington has installed smart, waste-collecting kiosks that are solar-powered and communicate wirelessly when they're full.
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4 DIY Compost Bins You Can Build in One Day (VIDEO)
Save money on a compost bin by building your own. You can recycle wooden pallets, trash cans, barrels and cinder blocks for these projects.
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3 Compost Bins for Small Spaces
Composting doesn't have to be ugly. Here are three solutions to composting in small spaces.
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Deep-Frozen Woman 'Denied' Eco-Burial
A dead woman frozen since 2009 specified she wanted an 'eco-burial' yet the Swedish state has yet to comply, threatening to give her a regular burial instead.
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Would You Compost Your Dog or Cat's Poop?
Generally speaking pet poop is considered a no no in composting. But some gardeners are experimenting anyway, with decidedly mixed results.
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Keurig And Other Coffee Pods Piling Up In Landfills Across America
If there ever was a demonstration of how convenience won over economic sensibility and environmental common sense, this is it.
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Coca Cola Can Help Kickstart Your Compost
A flat bottle of Coke can, apparently, help activate your compost heap. So just imagine what it is doing to your teeth.
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Anti-Composting Sentiment Must Be Listened To, Not Dismissed
Large-scale composting may help reduce food waste going to landfill, but that can be little comfort to residents living nearby.
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How to Heat Your Chickens With Compost
Chicken poop makes great hot compost. And that compost can help keep your chickens warm in winter.
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How Compost Gets You High (Literally)
A common micro-organism in compost can literally act as a mind-altering substance. And that's why dirt smells so good.
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Small-Scale Composters Are Everywhere
All around the country, micro-entrepreneurs are collecting food scraps by bike, on foot, or in the back of their cars. Anyone know of any more?
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Can Small-Scale Compost Entrepreneurs Circumvent the NIMBYs?
Small-scale composting collection services seem to be proliferating. Can they take on larger, less-popular industrial-scale composting?
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4 Recycling Resolutions for 2012 From TerraCycle
I want to compost more, reuse more, and pay more attention to the packaging on products I choose. What about you?
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How to Transform a Pickle Barrel into a DIY Recycled Compost Tumbler
Recycled pickle barrels are great for rainwater harvesting. But one company is turning them into robust compost tumblers too. Here's how.
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Can We Compost Our Anger?
From orange peels to diapers to latex condoms, you can compost a lot of things. But is it possible to compost your anger?
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How to Build a DIY Black Soldier Fly Composter (Video)
Black soldier fly larvae can dispose of raw meat, fish and many items you wouldn't normally compost. Here's how to build a compost bin for them.
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Green Gift Guide: 10 Compostable, Biodegradable Gifts
Compostable, biodegradable products are the latest trend: Give pretty plates, body lotion in innovative packaging, baby toys, and more this holiday season..
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Is Composting Dead Deer the Best Way to Dispose of Hunting Waste?
A town in West Virginia is offering deer composting among its solid waste services. But is composting the best way to dispose of deer?
