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Have California’s food waste rules created breeding grounds for bugs at your home? Here’s what to do
1 year, 5 months ago

Have California’s food waste rules created breeding grounds for bugs at your home? Here’s what to do

LA Times  

Andrew Davidov’s food waste is being weighed by Kevelin Barcenas-Garcia Angeleno, a volunteer with LA Compost, at their booth at Highland Park Farmers Market. It’s that time of the week when your food waste pail is full, and you’re ready to walk your scraps out to the green-waste bin. “Until now, food waste has been layered between other materials in …

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Got a bucket? Speed up the composting process with bokashi
2 years ago

Got a bucket? Speed up the composting process with bokashi

Associated Press  

It’s no secret that the key to healthy plants is healthy soil, and the best way to improve soil is by incorporating compost, which can take up to a year to make. Meat and dairy scraps — strictly no-no’s in a regular compost pile — can be incorporated into the bokashi bucket. Unlike conventional compost piles, which don’t heat up …

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Pumpkins can be composted, donated to farms, fed to wildlife
2 years, 1 month ago

Pumpkins can be composted, donated to farms, fed to wildlife

Associated Press  

Hold off before throwing that porch pumpkin into the trash along with Halloween candy wrappers. Consider composting pumpkins in the garden, donating them to community gardens, farms or even a zoo, or simply leaving them as a snack for backyard wildlife. Gardeners can add pumpkins to the compost pile after removing any remaining seeds and being sure to cut off …

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What’s the holdup with composting in L.A.? And what you can do in the meantime
2 years, 6 months ago

What’s the holdup with composting in L.A.? And what you can do in the meantime

LA Times  

Los Angeles residents are getting mixed signals about compost. But L.A.’s Bureau of Sanitation, which is responsible for collecting your trash, recycling and green waste, only allows residents in its composting pilot program to do so. She isn’t part of the city’s pilot program, but she wants her food waste to be put to the best possible use. CR&R, a …

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Worm composting is great for the planet and your garden. Here’s how to get started
2 years, 9 months ago

Worm composting is great for the planet and your garden. Here’s how to get started

LA Times  

To worm or not to worm? The bedding should be wet like a damp sponge but not dripping, said Chris Jung, who’s been growing and selling worms and castings from his backyard in Glendale for some 20 years. Learn the worm composting basics Craig said he won’t sell people worms until they can tell him they’ve set up their bins …

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With composting, Californians can take climate change into their own hands
2 years, 9 months ago

With composting, Californians can take climate change into their own hands

LA Times  

L.A. Compost volunteers Yoichi Nagano and Esko Robinson work at the group’s regional hub in Griffith Park. Another round of “aggressive Googling” led Leong to a group called L.A. Compost and the start of a life-changing conversion that began — naturally enough — with broccoli stems, coffee grounds and banana peels. Composting became bigger than itself: a gateway to friendships, …

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You now have to compost food scraps and yard cuttings if you live in California
2 years, 9 months ago

You now have to compost food scraps and yard cuttings if you live in California

NPR  

You now have to compost food scraps and yard cuttings if you live in California New rules in California require the composting of food scraps and yard cuttings. RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, BYLINE: At a sprawling commercial compost facility in California's Central Valley, an 18-wheeler backs up onto a ramp to dump a load of waste into a huge hopper. DILLON: …

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Don’t have a yard? Here are 3 good options for composting in small spaces
2 years, 10 months ago

Don’t have a yard? Here are 3 good options for composting in small spaces

LA Times  

So you know food waste should stay out of the landfill for the good of us all, but what if your jurisdiction doesn’t have a program in place yet, and you don’t have space for a traditional compost pile or garden? L.A. County’s Smart Gardening program sells worm composting bins for $65, complete with worms, and has how-to videos online. …

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Help save the world by composting your kitchen scraps. Here’s how
2 years, 10 months ago

Help save the world by composting your kitchen scraps. Here’s how

LA Times  

The howls on social media have been fierce since the state started mandating that food waste stay out of garbage destined for the landfill. Send items you don’t want to include, like bones or moldy cheese, to professional waste treaters and use the rest of your household food waste to create excellent and free soil amendments for your garden. High-nitrogen …

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California’s new composting law starts Jan. 1. How to recycle your food scraps
2 years, 11 months ago

California’s new composting law starts Jan. 1. How to recycle your food scraps

LA Times  

Starting Jan. 1, instead of throwing that container of fuzzy strawberries into the trash, a new law will require Californians to recycle their food scraps and other leftovers. Food that can be recycled Coffee grounds, coffee filters and non-nylon tea bags Fruit and vegetable scraps Egg shells Used/dirty paper food containers Juice pulp Paper towels and tissues Paper plates Some …

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8 best kitchen compost bins to make fantastic fertiliser from food scraps
3 years, 10 months ago

8 best kitchen compost bins to make fantastic fertiliser from food scraps

The Independent  

Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, advice and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Investing in a kitchen-top compost bin is …

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How to compost food waste and use as organic fertilizer
4 years, 2 months ago

How to compost food waste and use as organic fertilizer

India Today  

Composting is the natural process of decomposition and recycling of organic material into a humus-rich soil amendment known as compost. Food waste is composed of organic matter which can be used for composting to make fertilizer. By using leftovers and other food waste, you can convert these smelly items from the kitchen waste into a highly organic product rich in …

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