Composting

This blog was created as a helpful guide to vermiculture, providing tips and info on a wonderful means of healthy composting and information to help get you started and guide you through the process of setting up and maintaining a worm bin. Worms have been around for more than 600 million years and have been studied by many great people, which include Cleopatra, Darwin and Aristotle just to name a few. They have been praised for their...  

Composting is a controlled process of decomposition used to transform organic material such as kitchen scraps, yard wastes and paper products into humus. Humus, or compost, is a dark, soil-like substance that enriches soil with nutrients, increases moisture retention, improves structure and provides a good environment for beneficial soil organisms. Composting is usually done outdoors, but the process can easily be adapted for indoor use. So...  

An ENVIRONMENTAL Non Governmental Organization NGO Drama Network has announced fruitful prospects for its composting project at the Aquatic weed management conference in Songapoke Working in Saikope and Tsetsekpo in North Tongu District the NGO used water weeds to block the communities rivers to produce marketable fertilizer providing in ...  

Cupertino residents may be asked to save their food scraps in a pail as part of an aggressive recycling plan that the Los Altos Garbage Company, now called Recology South Bay!  

Sonoma County Water Agency ApprovesComposting Toilet Pilot ProjectOn December 15th, the Sonoma County Water Agency Board of Directors approved a pilot project that will test “composting toilets” in Occidental. Composting toilets require no external water source and do not discharge to sewers, making them potentially well-suited for communities with limited water supply and sewer capacity. Currently, composting toilets are not permitted in...  

Photo: Thomas Hawk Mayor Gavin Newsom took his message about mandatory recycling programs to the Op-Ed page of the Sacramento Bee yesterday, aiming in particular at so-called "high temperature disposal technologies" which he calls "just glorified incineration" and not sustainable. Newsom also takes the opportunity to tout the new, large-scale, mandatory composting programs in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Newsom's op-ed follows on the...  

Recently, governments from around the world met in Copenhagen to discuss global climate change and how best to reduce green house gases. With such a big issue it can make people feel powerless. Here are some simple things everyone can do to help reduce green house gasses, conserve energy and save money.  

Composting is a great way to reduce the amount of waste your household generates, plus there’s the added benefit of free fertilizer for your yard or garden. There are some nifty options for indoor composting on the market, but to do it on a larger scale you need to move outdoors. Here are [...] Related posts:Naturemill Pro Promises Easy & Efficient Indoor CompostingSun-Mar ToiletsA Clever Rainwater Diverter  

A letter writer (12/8) was concerned about all the bagged leaves in Overland Park and the landfill space they waste. Our cities lack the foresight, will or economic resources to institute composting programs, so take advantage of this valuable resource:...  

Most backyard gardeners probably don"t need much machinery to keep their compost pile actively producing fertilizer. But then most gardeners aren"t gathering pounds and pounds of large-animal manure for composting every day.from Channel 7  

While traditional diaper services still exist for those who don't want to send disposable diapers to the landfill, a Silicon Valley startup has the greenest plan yet for the dirty diaper: composting it. Earth Baby has about 500 clients from Berkeley to Santa...  

Every day at the Zoo, over 48 cubic feet of animal manure is composted. Thanks to a Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District grant, that composting process has improved.  

Research connects aging sewers with sickness; should we use composting toilets?Seattle Post GlobalBy investigatewest It seems the holy grail of medical research has been found: Research connects actual human sickness with the sloppy way aging sewers are ...and more »  

Dining Services is moving ahead with two composting pilot programs that the department hopes to unveil outside the South Campus Dining Hall and The Diner on North Campus at the start of next semester. Dining Services would acquire both composting ...  

Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.