compost
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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
We have created compost piles, where beetle larvae often feed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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 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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But if suitable composts and application methods were aligned with target crops and growth environments, crop yields can be increased and organic carbon in soils replenished.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 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
In what quantities should salt be applied to composts?
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring
Sharon says the fans' cards and messages were all collected, sorted and photographed; while the flowers were composted for the family garden, where Ozzy is buried.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Her company has raised $25 million and composted more than 600 bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
That can be done either by reducing the amount of single-use plastics these companies create and sell, or by manufacturing products that can be recycled or composted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 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
We composted most of our waste and used it as fertilizer.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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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
The state’s composting law has proved challenging on several fronts.
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 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
Buried clear to their butts in composting cow manure, the pigaerators were a bobbing sea of wriggling hams and corkscrew tails.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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