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compost

[kom-pohst] / ˈkɒm poʊst /
NOUN
organic fertilizer
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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

Glinting in the night, halfway up a hill in Japan, the greenhouse-like "Ku-An" test lab is lit by electricity harnessed from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and compost.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

For the founders of an award-winning community compost business, it's a no-brainer that the second answer is the correct one.

From BBC Jul. 19, 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

Clare’s interest dwindled and he resumed his search for compost.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

"There are some legal concerns about certain types of composts being practiced on park land," he said, in response to a question by Council Member Peter Koo about outside composting.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2021

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

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2020

While it uses solar power and composts its plant waste on site, it cannot pay more for packaging.

From Washington Post Aug. 14, 2018

A whirlwind of comedies, tragi-comedies, and tragedies, composts of imperfections, occupied the public stage; the one genius of inculture vying with the other in the quantity he could produce.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Count Carlo Gozzi

Seasonal flowers are brought in, and when they die, composted.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

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

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

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

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

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

Hughes visited Return Home, south of Seattle in Washington state, the world's first large-scale human composting facility.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

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

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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