compost

A sign outside the bathroom noted he recently cleaned the compost toilet for a week, and it encouraged peers to thank him if the facilities were nice or “get at them” if they were gross.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

We have created compost piles, where beetle larvae often feed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Joel will spread the compost on his pastures.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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 studio composts, eschews floral foam and sources many of its bought flowers from local growers.

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

Sometimes leaves and the dried bracken-fern are used for the manufacture of composts.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

The company has so far composted around 60 bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

The idea behind it is to create a circular economy, in which products and packages are designed and manufactured with materials that can be reused, composted or recycled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

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 explained to Willie that the corn had grown in a deep bed of composted chicken manure.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Further funding has allowed them to focus on research and development and set up a composting school to help other projects in other communities get going.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

However, Criw Compostio run sessions for households who want to improve the composting they do at home or to improve composting at allotments.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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

The state’s composting law has proved challenging on several fronts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

“You could still write about the neighborhood composting program for your college application essay,” I offer.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison