For a World Bank-backed compost making firm, Earthcare, based in Lagos, funding and low patronage of its products have remained major setbacks.
Tucson ‘pumpkin smash’ event turns Halloween leftovers into compost
TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucsonans had some fun getting rid of Halloween leftovers Saturday. The Community Food Bank’s Pumpkin Smash is an annual …
How to be green: Brits are confused about what can and cannot be recycled
A spokesman for Lavazza, which has teamed-up with TerraCycle to launch a nationwide composting scheme for its used coffee capsules, said: “The …
Someone keeps stealing my compost and I have no idea why they want my rotting food
I signed up with Bennett Compost, planning to fork over $18 a month to have them take away trash previously hauled off for free. I dutifully saved my …
Bellarine Worms owner Wayne Sanford reveals top tips and worm colony breakthrough
WORM farm and garden compost whiz Wayne Sanford reckons the most … wanting to reduce their domestic waste is to first get used to composting.
Recycling is high in Devon
RECYCLING rates in Devon are at an all time high. In 2018/19, 56% of household waste was sent for reuse, recycling and composting. The numbers …
Dirty Fingernails: Should I mulch my garlic with peat moss?
A: It is the kind of composting that all gardeners practice in their piles or bins. Hot composting happens only in industrial-sized piles, where ingredients …
Roxbury Schools Gaels Going Green Expo
The district will host a tasting a composting session using aeroponic gardens and composters from five of the seven schools that were purchased …
Gardening: What gardeners can do to reduce their peat use
Someone shovelling compost on to a flower bed. … Materials such as green compost, coir, wood fibre and composted bark are now used in most …
Gardening: What gardeners can do to reduce their peat use
But throughout the gardens and allotments of the UK, peat-based bagged compost is still being bought by the barrowful. “And thousands of plants are …