compost

Example Sentences

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Microbes break down everything but bones, which are ground into the final compost mix.

From The Wall Street Journal

We composted most of our waste and used it as fertilizer.

From Literature

"Ongoing work is focused exclusively on compost, and we seem to be getting the same results," Cease says.

From Science Daily

Shannon also feared that the sheer quantity of flowers and the gases they were emitting could create a compost fire, so volunteers had to monitor temperatures carefully and brought in fans.

From BBC

“At the end of the day, a product isn’t recyclable if it doesn’t get recycled, and it isn’t compostable if it doesn’t get composted. Deception is never in the public interest,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times