compost
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These include keeping soil permanently covered, applying compost, using more diverse crop rotations and reducing the use of mineral fertilizers and pesticides.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
"All these apples will go on the compost heap," MacDonald tells me, ruefully.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Lu-An" has some 2,000 plastic cylinders of soil and compost to give 100 watts of output, enough to power a rice cooker and other appliances.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
It take about a year to turn it into compost, which Steph said had just won an award for its quality.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
It has the lawn mower and the hedge cutter in it, and lots of gardening equipment that Mother used to use, like pots and bags of compost and bamboo canes and string and spades.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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Artist and inventor Jae Rhim Lee created a stir with her proposal for an "Infinity Burial System," a spores-laden shroud that essentially composts the body.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023
First Ave. The unassuming brick-clad structure generates its own power, collects and treats its own water, and composts its waste.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
The brand also composts its organic waste and will soon offer fully biodegradable packaging.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
A manure-based system composts animal wastes and returns it to the land.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2019
The use of composts is an old one.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
Her company has raised $25 million and composted more than 600 bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
The ultimate solution to Keurig's plastic footprint, she said, is a product that eliminates "the need to collect anything back from customers," like a fiber-based pod that can be composted along with the grounds.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024
In the past few years, more plastic has been going to incinerators and less food waste - which councils are now sending to anaerobic digesters or to be composted.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
I volunteered at local gardens, volunteered at cleanups, composted my food scraps, bought primarily local produce and committed other seemingly minor acts that are easily achievable for most of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024
We composted most of our waste and used it as fertilizer.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Helou said Blumenfield’s motion completes the loop by keeping food waste close to home, creating more local composting and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transporting waste outside of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Signed into law in 2016, the state’s composting bill mandated a gradual increase in the amount of organic waste that must be diverted away from landfills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Hughes believes the case for human composting is so overwhelming that he is actively searching for individuals who want to take that step when they die.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
This story contains details about human composting funeral services which some readers may find upsetting.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
My new house will have a composting toilet and, right above the kitchen, a cozy sleeping loft.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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