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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

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

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

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

Then she composts the chickens' litter, along with eggshells, which she stores separately, all of which is layered with yard waste.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2022

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

The Duke, a coarse-minded man, at best, with a soul hardly above guano and chemical composts, laughed aloud at his poor little girl's failure.

From Vixen, Volume III. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Waste is recycled and composted and guests have access to either flush or solar-powered composting toilets, according to the park.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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

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

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

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

Blumenfield’s initiative directs the Bureau of Sanitation to develop a plan for expanding local composting across 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

This story contains details about human composting funeral services which some readers may find upsetting.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

My new house will have a composting toilet and, right above the kitchen, a cozy sleeping loft.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio