Skip animal waste, meat/fish scraps, dairy, and bones. Avoid diseased or bug‑infested plants, coal/charcoal ash, chemically treated yard waste, and any plastic or coated paper. Glossy cardboard, fruit ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Composting toilets are gaining popularity for a good reason—they ...

Did you know that the first week in May is compost awareness week? I bet you missed that celebration. This spring, Keep Kingwood Green spent four weeks at the Kingwood farmers market. The objective ...

Q: I am having a hard time finding compost to use. Will a peat moss that a local nursery sells work like compost? A: No, it won’t. When compost decomposes it does two things: It keeps the soil open, ...

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...