When composted properly, food scraps break down faster, producing a nutrient rich fertilizer that can be used in place of its artificial counterpart.
Avoid a compost that smells of sulphur, ammonia and rotten meat
Healthy compost heaps shouldn’t smell bad, and they most certainly shouldn’t provoke a full hazmat reaction as happened at two Wairarapa schools …
Carroll County Solid Waste Offers Residents Free Compost Pick Up This Week
The Carroll County Solid Waste Management Commission is inviting residents to pick up free compost later this week. On Thursday and Friday, …
Composting and worm composting
Changes that I did and this maybe the last video that I show for this season. Next year will be lot better.
Bizarre cause of mass illness that struck down schoolkids
“We have identified that most of the children that fell ill were from the rear of the school near the compost,” Wairarapa area commander Scott Miller …
Crowdsourcing waste to make compost
While BBMP collects the dry waste and the discarded stuff twice a week, it dumps the wet waste in the dump yard of the layout. In fact, all that BBMP …
Hot compost cause of vapour that made kids feel sick
“Part of the process of compost is to heat it up to 80°C. When that occurs with the other manufacturing processes within that compost, that creates a …
Updated quality controls for composting come into force
Updates to the standard for composting came into effect last week, putting more onus on compost producers to ensure their product meets quality …
It’s unlikely school children who fell ill after inhaling compost fumes will experience ongoing effects …
It’s unlikely school children who fell ill after inhaling compost fumes will … Ten children were hospitalised after a fresh, hot load of compost was …
Mystery vapour at Wairarapa school came from compost
The substance that made children sick and put a Wairarapa school into lockdown on Friday was sulphur coming from compost at a neighbouring …