From growing cabbages in poo to the secrets of effective home composting, we cover both the most interesting (and sometimes pretty weird!) and useful news for composters.
22nd Jan 2022 San Bruno-based startup Mill is offering up an innovative waste-management system to help families manage their kitchen scraps efficiently – and address a huge food waste crisis in the USA. The startup offers a membership system, in which members will receive sophisticated green waste bins. People can put their food waste in […]
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21 Jan 2023 Residents and businesses in Los Angeles must now compost their “green” waste or face a $500 dollar fine. The new program, which was initiated through Senate Bill 1383, involves a new curbside pickup program, which will ensure it is easier for people to separate organic and non-organic waste. Residents registered at Los
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19/01/23 Can you imagine a world where your food was grown in (composted) human waste? A recent study conducted by Hafner et al has confirmed just that human excrement can be used in compost to safely grow vegetables. The researchers tested three different waste-based fertiliser: two made from human urine, and one called “faecal compost”
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Though composting your rubbish is often a good decision, composting certain types of trash can lead to more harm than good for the environment. While some trash will degrade gradually, others will refuse to break down, worsening the litter problem in landfills everywhere. Compostable materials, or any material that naturally breaks down over a short
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15 Jan 2023 A new paper by Francesco Degli-Innocenti argued that mass media misrepresented a home compost study by the University College London (UCL). The UCL report used citizen science to assess the effectiveness of compostable and biodegradable plastics in home composting across the UK. The researchers found that participants were puzzled by the labels
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