Home Composting

WATCH: How To Conquer The Compost Bin

Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Ecorico, Video, Microbes, Compost, Composting, Environment, Home Composting, Environmentalism, Compost Bin, Giselle Achecar, Latino Voices News

About 8 years ago, I got a compost bin. I was on my way to doing my part. And I failed miserably. For whatever reason, it didn’t happen for me. So ...

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Priscilla Woolworth: Compost Q & A

Susan Fogwell | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Priscilla Woolworth, Eco-Friendly, Valentina Composter, Green, Home Composting, Green News
Susan Fogwell

To shed some light on home composting, I turned to Priscilla Woolworth, who avidly composts, and asked her a few basic questions on how to get started.

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How to Manage Food Waste

Allen Hershkowitz | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Composting, Home Composting, Food Waste, Vermicomposting, Green News
Allen Hershkowitz

Food scraps should not be sent to landfills or incinerators. Instead, the best option for disposing of food waste is composting, whether at home or in a municipal system.

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From Uncycling Junkie to Recycling Addict, All in One Short Decade

Penny Love Hoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Environmentalism, Composting, Recycling Tips, Home Composting, Food Recycling, Green News
Penny Love Hoff

My mother was way ahead of her time when it came to not wasting anything.

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PHOTOS: 25 Incredible And Surprising Uses For Fruit And Veggie Peels

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Vegetable Peels, Home Composting, What to Do With Leftovers, Reuse Food, Fruit Peels, Reuse Peels, Peel Uses, Green News

From The Daily Green's Jeff Yeager: The Green Cheapskate brings you another in his ongoing but sporadic series Don't Throw That Away! Today's install...

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Four Ways To Compost Indoors

Jenn Sturiale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indoor Compost, Food Scraps, Home Composters, Compostable Waste, Compost, Naturemill, Composting, Home Composting, Worm Compost Bin, Food Waste, Worm Composting, Bokashi, Vermicomposting, Green News
Jenn Sturiale

For those of us without access to backyard, frontyard, or even sideyard space in which to compost our food scraps, there are still ways in which we c...

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British Author Pushes For Less Food Waste

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, World Hunger, Compost, Composting, Food, Home Composting, Food Waste, Tristram Stuart, Vegetarianism, Impact News

Though Americans are often criticized for the amount of food we consume, a new book by British author Tristram Stuart gives the west a mouthful for al...

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The Garden Girl (VIDEO): What Do You Get With Kitchen Scraps And A Worm Bin?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Worm Castings, Patti Moreno, Nutrient Rich Soil, Garden Kid, Worm Poop, Garden Girl, Composting, Garden Kid Al, Home Composting, Garden Girl Patti Moreno, Bliptv, Video, Green News

Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, and her daughter Al, the Garden Kid, are probably the only people who could still be endearing as they weed through wor...

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The Kitchen of the Future Today

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Green Kitchen, Local, Green Technology, Kitchen, Green News, Composting, Home Composting, Green Homes, Ecodesign, Green News

[T]here have been a lot of new ideas in how you design a kitchen, what you put in it, where it goes when you are not using it. We look at some of the ...

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Cities Contemplate Composting The Toilet

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Compostable Waste, Toilet, Compost, Water, Green, Environment, Composting, Home Composting, Rainwater, Composting Toilets, Green Living, Green News

In addition to catching raindrops, homeowners and building managers are trying out another way to conserve water: composting toilets....

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The Best Home Composters Money Can Buy

Slate Magazine | Jude Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Composting, Home Composting, Green Living, Best Composters, Home Composters, Compost, Giy, Green News

I resent having to do on my own what any green-minded city should do for me. But this year, urbanites across the States are hitting the mud patch: Mic...

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