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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Coimbatore corporation to test home composting program in select households

The City Corporation is in the early stages of discussing a potential home composting initiative aimed at reducing household waste. “Corporation Commissioner Sivaguru Prabhakaran has initiated the proposal and instructed the sanitary officers in each zone to identify 100 households per ward for a pilot programme in composting wet waste,” said City Health Officer K. Boopathy. By composting wet waste …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Waste crisis panel explores introduction of composting plants in slums, urban villages

Hindustan Times

The special committee constituted to address the dumping of waste at the Bandhwari landfill has proposed comprehensive solutions, including mandatory composting of waste by bulk waste generators in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, officials said. In addition to discussing a comprehensive plan for the Bandhwari landfill crisis, the committee proposed integrating user charges for garbage collection into …

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7 months ago

The quest to alter our last ‘toxic’ act: Inside the rise of human composting

LA Times

It was nearly dark outside when Blaire Van Valkenburgh strode through the woods, lanterns dangling from both hands, to visit the soil that was once her husband. Blaire Van Valkenburgh scans the sky after placing lanterns around the area where her late husband’s “soil” rests in the woods outside their Washington state home on Orcas Island. Return Home CEO Micah …

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10 months, 1 week ago

All is not well with the micro composting centres in Coimbatore city

The Hindu

Despite the Coimbatore Corporation claiming that all 34 micro composting centres in the city are functioning smoothly, recent visits to some of these centres have revealed inconsistencies in waste management practices. The MCC set up on the Thudiyalur market premises to process 4.5 tonnes of biodegradable waste per day has been out of order since January 2024. While stakeholders have …

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11 months ago

Despite National Green Tribunal order, seven micro composting centres in Coimbatore remain non-functional

The Hindu

Seven Micro Composting Centres in Coimbatore continue to remain non-functional despite several orders from the National Green Tribunal to the Coimbatore Corporation, mandating that all existing 34 MCCs become operational by January 22, 2024. Recently, the Coimbatore Integrated Waste Management Company stated in a report on the ‘Supply of Segregated Municipal Solid Waste’ that they had received 0% segregated trash …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Coimbatore grapples with waste crisis as several micro composting centres remain non-functional

The Hindu

Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation officials, at a council meeting held last week, said that a majority of the existing 34 micro composting centres have not been functioning for the last three months due to which daily waste of 1,200 tonnes is being sent to the Vellalore dump yard. Some MCCs, such as the ones at Sai Baba Colony, Peelamedu and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Commentary: I tried to bury my mom in an environmentally responsible way in L.A. It was impossible

LA Times

To get a sense of how progressive ideals don’t always reflect actual practice, try burying a dead relative in Southern California. So, in the days just before my mom’s death, and with the clock ticking fast, I explored “green burial” options in Southern California that minimize environmental impacts. That involved ditching the local mortuary giant Forest Lawn — where seemingly …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How South Korea’s composting system became a model for the world

LA Times

Striding through a field of overgrown grass where thick blue pipes crisscross into concrete silos, Choi Sung-ho scrunched his nose in the steamy July heat, drawing in a familiar odor. Since South Korea banned land-filling food waste in 2005, followed by another ban on dumping its liquid byproduct into the ocean in 2013, the country has operated a comprehensive composting …

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1 year, 4 months ago

What is the greenest funeral option?

BBC

How I planned my own green funeral Getty Images Recompose, the world's first human composting facility, turns a corpse into a nutrient-dense soil that the family can lay onto their garden Not many of us like talking about death. Turning a human body into soil also reminds us that "we're not adjacent to nature, we're part of nature," Spade says. …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Residents seek shifting of composting unit from Marudhamalai foothills

The Hindu

Concerns were raised by the residents of Ward 38 of the Coimbatore Corporation’s West Zone regarding the potential escalation of human-animal conflict in the area. “If food and meat waste is brought into the ward more often to be dumped at the MCC, these wild animals, attracted by the odour, will enter the city regularly.” Another resident said three jumbos …

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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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1 year, 6 months ago

Editorial: Don’t stop composting. California can’t afford to abandon its methane-busting law now

LA Times

This year, Angelenos were invited to start discarding potato peels, chicken bones and other food scraps in the green yard waste curbside bin rather than the trash can. A state law passed in 2016 requires every city and community in California to divert 75% of organic waste from landfills and to recover and redistribute 20% of edible food before it …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Become a diamond or get launched into space — 7 alternatives to burial or cremation

LA Times

When a person dies, many people may think of the two most common options for the deceased person’s body: burial or cremation. Recompose, which offers natural organic reduction in the state of Washington, said through its process it uses 87% less energy than traditional burial or cremation — you’ll save one metric ton of carbon from entering the environment, which …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Coimbatore Corporation handing over unsegregated waste, claims private waste management company

The Hindu

The quantum of segregated organic waste that the Coimbatore Corporation handed over to the composting plant at Vellalore was only 22 % of the nearly 14,000 tonnes of the total municipal solid waste the civic body has sent to the composting plant, as per the figures available till February this year, according to the private agency operating the plant. In …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Church of England looks at ‘human composting’

The Telegraph

The Church of England could consider “human composting” at Christian funerals to help meet its net zero target. Written question to Synod The bishops’ announcement comes after the General Synod, the Church of England’s legislative body, voted in February 2020 in favour of setting a target to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. He asked: “Bearing in mind the Church of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Letters to the Editor: Curbside composting is great. But many in L.A. don’t know that

LA Times

To the editor: Your editorial on curbside composting did not mention that different cities have different composting rules. Some cities allow compostable bags with the BPI symbol, but apparently Los Angeles does not. Patience by city officials throughout the state will be required, and I hope the education efforts you mention for L.A. really do happen everywhere. To the editor: …

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1 year, 11 months ago

L.A. now picks up your compostable food scraps. Here’s what you have to do

LA Times

The wait is finally over for city of Los Angeles residents wanting to comply with California’s food waste mandate. The Bureau of Sanitation announced Jan. 16 that residents citywide should dispose of their banana peels, eggshells and other compostable waste in their green bins. pic.twitter.com/yqwpl1nuNm — LA Sanitation & Environment ♻️💧🌳 January 16, 2023 This announcement comes a year after …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: Los Angeles quietly rolls out curbside composting. Maybe too quietly

LA Times

Sanitation and Environment workers delivered in-home compost pails to residents in August as part of a pilot phase of the city’s curbside food-scraps composting program in select neighborhoods. This week Los Angeles launched its long-awaited curbside composting program citywide, requiring that residents change how they dispose of food scraps. The Los Angeles Public Works Department also sent out basic informational …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Essay: Leaving mulch to be desired

Hindustan Times

“Do you know that for the last 15 minutes, you have been talking non-stop about composting? “Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho to poori kaaynnat usse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai.” Roughly translated it means: “When you want something with all your heart, the universe conspires to help you get it.” Things were somewhat similar …

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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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2 years, 1 month ago

Most home compostable plastics don't break down, study finds

The Independent

The majority of plastics marketed as “home compostable” do not fully disintegrate and end up settling in soil, new research has found. The UK-based study, called The Big Compost Experiment, found that 60 per cent of home compostable plastics - used for items such as food packaging, bags and cutlery - do not break up within six months. An author …

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2 years, 3 months ago

California’s dead will have a new burial option: Human composting

LA Times

California will begin allowing an alternative burial method known as human composting in 2027, under a bill signed by Gov. The companies that offer human composting say that for every person who chooses the option over burial or cremation, it will save the equivalent of 1 metric ton of carbon from entering the environment. “This new law will provide California’s …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Gardeners share their tips and tricks for composting at home

Salon

Americans waste roughly 25% of the food we buy, and while there are many ways to reduce waste in your kitchen, you may have extra kitchen scraps, yard waste, or uncoated paper and cardboard. Make use of compost pickup services An outdoor compost bin may not be a feasible option for everyone, but that doesn't mean you can't compost your …

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2 years, 4 months ago

L.A. is finally separating food waste from trash. Will residents embrace composting?

LA Times

L.A. sanitation workers Miguel Torres, left, and Zac Ortiz unload in-home composting pails to be handed out to homeowners in Los Feliz on Aug. 6. “I question why the city of L.A., being a climate leader in the region, is lagging behind conservative coastal Orange County cities,” said Hoiyin Ip, co-chair of Sierra Club California’s Zero Waste Committee. is in …

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Coimbatore corporation to test home composting program in select households

Waste crisis panel explores introduction of composting plants in slums, urban villages

The quest to alter our last ‘toxic’ act: Inside the rise of human composting

All is not well with the micro composting centres in Coimbatore city

Despite National Green Tribunal order, seven micro composting centres in Coimbatore remain non-functional

Coimbatore grapples with waste crisis as several micro composting centres remain non-functional

Commentary: I tried to bury my mom in an environmentally responsible way in L.A. It was impossible

How South Korea’s composting system became a model for the world

What is the greenest funeral option?

Residents seek shifting of composting unit from Marudhamalai foothills

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

Editorial: Don’t stop composting. California can’t afford to abandon its methane-busting law now

Become a diamond or get launched into space — 7 alternatives to burial or cremation

Coimbatore Corporation handing over unsegregated waste, claims private waste management company

Church of England looks at ‘human composting’

Letters to the Editor: Curbside composting is great. But many in L.A. don’t know that

L.A. now picks up your compostable food scraps. Here’s what you have to do

Editorial: Los Angeles quietly rolls out curbside composting. Maybe too quietly

Essay: Leaving mulch to be desired

Got a bucket? Speed up the composting process with bokashi

Most home compostable plastics don't break down, study finds

California’s dead will have a new burial option: Human composting

Gardeners share their tips and tricks for composting at home

L.A. is finally separating food waste from trash. Will residents embrace composting?