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
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
Joel will spread the compost on his pastures.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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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
“With small adjustments we can make huge impacts for our environment,” says Bresca chef/owner Ryan Ratino, who works with “imperfect” foods and whole animals, composts and uses compostable containers, and avoids plastic and over-ordering.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019
His chief conversation was about cattle and manure, guano and composts, the famous white Chillingham oxen, or the last thing in strawberry roans.
From Vixen, Volume I. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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
Seasonal flowers are brought in, and when they die, composted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
The company has so far composted around 60 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
We composted most of our waste and used it as fertilizer.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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They have worked with groups in neighbouring Gwynedd to help establish similar schemes and have hosted people at their composting schools from as far afield as Birmingham.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
The state’s composting law has proved challenging on several fronts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Human composting, also known as terramation, is when the body of a person who has died is placed in a sealed vessel containing organic matter.
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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