Compost Rules Aresuch a Load of Rot
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Local authorities and recycling companies could be penalised for selling green waste to farmers and gardeners following changes to rules governing green waste.
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By Carol Desimone The Planter's Palette  Vermicomposting is the process of putting normal kitchen waste into a bin of redworms, and converting it to rich and nutritious humus for plants.
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By Joe Lam'l  For me, it started out innocently enough, I suppose; a simple hobby operation in the basement to pass the time and development of something to organically feed my plants with. I didn't know it would become an obsession run amok.  I'm talking about vermicomposting.
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Redcar and Cleveland Council is promoting home composting with a road show at Moorsholm Village Hall on Saturday, March 24, from 10am- 2pm.   Residents can also take advantage of a scheme which offers compost bins for only pounds 8, including home delivery.
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Add heaps of red worms to mountains of raw, rotting garbage. Then collect the worms' feces, brew it into a liquid, and squeeze it into a used soda bottle.
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Naples' garbage crisis may worsen with the planned weekend closure of the only working dump in the area, officials said yesterday, as rubbish continued to pile up in the city.
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By Flory, Gary A; Peer, Robert W; Bendfeldt, Eric S  Virginia state agencies study methods for small-scale carcass disposal in response to an outbreak of avian influenza.  WINDROW COMPOSTING has been successfully used in the U.S.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 24--Trash dumps used to be for garbage and vultures.   But Catawba County is developing the next generation of landfills: places where garbage and sewage become commodities with little left over to clutter or pollute.
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By Brittany Dorn, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Jun. 24--KILLINGWORTH -- Before this spring, Julie Shepard gave little  thought to the mounds of manure and dirty bedding produced at her horse farm  every day -- except for how best to rid herself of it.
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By Bonhotal, Jean; Harrison, Ellen; Schwarz, Mary  Composting appears to work well for managing road-killed deer, however, questions remain about the hygienic quality of the process and product as well as concerns about worker health.
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By Dur, J C; Andrades, M; Houot, S; Tessier, D; Barriuso, E  The objective of this work was to characterize colloids extracted from composts and their potential retention in soils.
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By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Mar. 2--The York County Council's approval of a new solid-waste management plan this week could push the county into a third legal dispute over landfills.
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The Navy plans to haul away 13,000 dump-truck loads of polluted soil from an old landfill on Camp Peary. It will be a $5.5 million cleanup project that is expected to last two years.
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Just whose waste is fouling the most star-studded stretch of the Southern California coast? Los Angeles County officials intend to find out, and if the evidence leads back to the toilets of some of Hollywood's rich and famous, the sewage could really hit the fan. "This is going to get messy," predicts Mark Pestrella, the public works official assigned to the project.
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NZ council probes 'psychological impact' of crap job Auckland Regional Council (ARC) has required the inventor of a worm-driven composting toilet to get professional confirmation that his workforce was not "traumatised or stressed" by its crap job, the Sunday Star Times reports.â¦
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Another nugget I thought would be good to share. I came home from my trip to NY and there was a pretty bad stink in the kitchen.  Smelled like garbage. It didn't take long to zero in on the source -- the garbage disposal. I tried pouring all kinds of cleaning stuff down the drain, to no avail, the smell didn't go away. Then I did a search on the Internet, found a variety of suggestions, and felt pretty sure that I'd have to call a plumber because they all seemed to assume skills and/or tools I didn't have. Instead I tried a very simple idea and amazingly it worked. 1. Put a drain stopper in the disposal so no water can flow out through the bottom 2. Fill the sink with hot water mixed with soap and chlorine bleach. The hotter the water the better. 3. With the water running put one hand on the stopper and the other on the switch, as you pull out the stopper, turn on the switch. (Be sure to do it in that order, to keep your hand from getting chopped up!) 4. Let all the water run out of the sink and leave the water running as long as there's suds. 5. Repeat two or three times. Wait a day or two. With any luck the smell will be gone. The reason this works is that junk gets stuck on the walls of the drain, and since it's garbage, it rots and stinks. By immersing it in soapy water, the junk gets dislodged and goes down the drain and out of your life.