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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

"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

"Local growers then take that compost, grow food that goes back to the cafes, cafes serve it, waste comes back to us and we turn it back into compost," said Steph.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The majority of their compost users are people growing food to sell "in the Machynlleth markets, to sell in the local whole food shop, to sell directly to local restaurants".

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Sometimes you’re on laundry, other seasons you’re assigned to dish duty in the kitchen or compost shoveling.

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

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

All the manure they produce during the winter is spread out on the fields, where it composts back into the soil.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2021

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

Those who have practiced making peat composts with their yard, stable, and pen manure, almost invariably find them highly satisfactory in use, especially upon light soils.

From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel W. (Samuel William) Johnson

The company has so far composted around 60 bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

At first, he said, it was hard to persuade people to live out the same wish of being composted that he’d held for so many years.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 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 managed to avoid the details of manure and grubs and composted guts.

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

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

"Until we went to a 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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