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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

Their larvae, called grubs, often feast on the organic matter in compost.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 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

Steph Robinson and ffin Jordao of Criw Compostio collect food waste from cafes and businesses who pay them and convert it into peat-free compost, which is then used by the community.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Joel will spread the compost on his pastures.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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 brand also composts its organic waste and will soon offer fully biodegradable packaging.

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

Their estimation in composts is of great interest, though troublesome to execute. 7th.

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

Her company has raised $25 million and composted more than 600 bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

The workshop leaders discussed the possibility of creating a “sacrificial zone,” potentially under trees, where materials such as lead-laced plants are composted.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 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

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 and his colleague Chris Cooper-Hayes, who has a professional background in landscaping, have founded Eterrna, a venture they hope could become the very first to offer human composting in the UK.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

"Until we went to a human composting facility."

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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