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The Dirt Factory in University City acts as a composting site for the neighborhood. Community members bring their food scraps and yard waste there and it is turned into nutrient-rich compost. Each ...

You don't need a degree in chemistry to build up a compost heap – an excellent source of fertiliser in your own garden, writes Michael Kelly I don't always get it right but every year I think I am ...

Q: I recently installed a simple and inexpensive compost system in my backyard. It is very easy and I have eliminated more than half of the trash that I put out each week. Will you please show your ...

The program is an online step-by-step guide to composting and worm farming, which aims to help reduce the wasteful dumping of food scraps in landfill where they produce harmful greenhouse gases.