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It made it into
this infographic on which composting method is best for you, but it's fair to say that grub composting—or the practice of disposing of organic waste by feeding it to black soldier fly larvae—is still relatively obscure. Yet, as I noted in my post on a
commercially available grub composter, this method gets rid of veggie ...
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From
worm composting to
building a DIY compost tumbler, TreeHugger is not short on information on different methods of composting. But how does each method stack up against the other? That was the question that inspired a slideshow on
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I've written before about
composting dirty diapers, and Mike got very excited about the news that
mushrooms could break down diapers in 2 months, but given that end-of-life disposal options remain limited, and cloth diapers are yet to becom...
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From this
DIY compost tumbler to
The Garden Rock Star's "how to" instructional on building a compost tumbler, there seems to be a strong appetite out there for videos about building these compost-speeding devices. This latest video is a well made, step-by-step guide on building your own—and it is done using entirely repurposed materials. It's just a shame the mus...
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8:00 am in composting, economics, food, united states, zero waste by TreeHugger
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We know that
food waste impacts climate change and
squanders precious water. And yet stores continue to throw out astounding amounts of perfectly edible food every day. Now pressure is mounting on at least one major store chain to make a change, with over 30,000 people si...
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The other day I had a delicious
local sandwich in the fabulous new space
Fastvínic in Barcelona. It seems the Catalan capital has finally got a place where
fast slow food meets good design (and not hippyness). What's on the menu? Sandwiches. What's around you? Beautiful <...
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Want to compost, but not sure where to start? Confused about the difference between hot compost and cold compost? Considering worm composting, or perhaps even grub composting?
Whether you have a gigantic garden and oodles of time and energy, or a balcony and an ovebooked schedule, there is a composting technique that is right for you. Here's a tour of the most common—and some more unusual—forms of composting.
Feel free to share your own tips with readers in the comments.
