For one thing it was smelly, a bit like the bottom of a compost pile.
San Francisco currently has a large compost facility that turns food waste into fertilizer.
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Mr. VERRALL: Yeah, I got plenty of more sitting in my compost pit at the moment.
Pick up your shovel, bring some compost and come meet me in the garden.
We are feeding this compost to millions of worms, who create a natural fertilizer.
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In 2009, Mr. Weaver used it a few times to cut roadside grass for compost.
The skin is used as compost, while the beans are raked out to dry in the mountain air.
Organic methods, which rely on crop rotation, manure and compost in place of fertiliser, are far less intensive.
And you just throw them on the ground, and they die and degrade into great fertilizer and compost.
Bracknell Forest Council, Wokingham Borough Council and Reading Borough Council currently compost leaves collected from streets and gullies.
It also has a settling pond and compost heap to keep fish waste out of the Pigeon River.
Swedish biologist and environmentalist Susanne Wiigh-Masak, for instance, wants to turn our late loved ones into garden compost.
That includes providing facilities and support, which will be given by specially-trained 'compost doctors' working on this project.
"Adding compost to the soil dramatically increases its ability to hold water, aiding in water conservation, " he adds.
After 90 days, a high-quality organic compost is ready for landscapers, farmers and gardeners to fertilize their soil.
Last month, Nairn Allotment Society sought grant assistance for a compost toilet, which would have provision for disabled gardeners.
The fire involves wood chips, tree cuttings and garden waste which had been destined to be turned into compost.
Additionally, certain sections of the Walmart green roof will feature wildlife-attracting habitat features such as compost piles and water basins.
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Szaky entered the idea of doing the compost tea on a mass basis in a university contest but finished fourth.
The final step was to separate organic solids from the wastewater and combine them with wood chips to generate industrial compost.
Residents opting out of the payment scheme would have to compost or take their garden waste to a waste recycling centre.
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The complex only opened six weeks ago, yet every home - complete with shed, compost heap and allotment - has tenants.
They eat table scraps, and their waste goes in the compost pile.
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Working organic amendments such as compost into your soil will help it drain faster and retain a more even level of moisture.
Compost collection is nearly three times what the city expected, he adds.
Solar panels sparkle on the barn roof, and cow manure becomes compost.
The plant will generate 500 kW of electricity as well as compost.
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said they would soon be mounting an "intensive operation" to extinguish the remaining piles of smouldering compost.
And this is my compost tin and any vegetable peel I use in the kitchen I'll take and just put straight in here.
Sherpas store toilet and kitchen waste in metal drums and haul it 50km down to the town of Namche Bazaar, where it is used for compost.
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