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Best Backyard Compost Tumblers

November 18, 2009

Composting is a great way to reduce the amount of waste your household generates, plus there’s the added benefit of free fertilizer for your yard or garden. There are some nifty options for indoor composting on the market, but to do it on a larger scale you need to move outdoors. Here are [...]

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Naturemill Pro Promises Easy & Efficient Indoor Composting

June 4, 2009

Nobody’s going to put up with a compost heap in a closet.  But what if you could quickly compost your organic waste with no odors or bugs, indoors or outside, with a device small enough to fit in a kitchen cabinet?  Naturemill promises that its Pro Edition automatic composter will do just that, producing hassle-free [...]

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Office Building Is 100% Sewer-Free

September 8, 2008

The sewer systems we use today are entirely ineffectual and unnecessary. The primary flaw in our design is that we use fresh water to dispose of feces. This is perhaps the most ineffectual thing to do with human manure — it pollutes fresh water, and it requires municipalities to maintain extremely costly sewage treatment infrastructures. [...]

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Elite Dual Compartment Garbage Bin

July 21, 2005

This Brabantia Twin Bin is divided into two compartments, one for regular trash, one for compostable matter can be kept separate from all other waste.
Eliteness doesn’t come cheap — it’s available for $166 here.
Now if it really glowed like that…
Via: Kitchen Contraptions

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Ceramic Crock: Efficient Composting

July 12, 2005

From what we’ve seen, this is the most affordable composting container for kitchen scraps available.
We choose this ceramic container because the interior absorbs odors and resists stains, and is more attractive than a plastic bin on your kitchen counter. The crock holds a gallon of scraps and has a lid with an activiated carbon filter [...]

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Effective Microorganisms or EM

June 10, 2005

This may be one of the most efficient things we’ve featured.
“Effective Microorganisms” or EM is a formula of specially selected microbes which can be used for many applications. For example, they are a metaefficient compost additive. If you add a mixture of them to your kitchen compost and it will decompose more quickly and with [...]

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BioBag: Biodegradable and Compostable Bags

May 12, 2005

BioBags are the first 100% bio­degradable alternative to plastic bags. They are made from cornstarch, vegetable oil and other renewable resources.
BioBags makes kitchen “compost bags” to store foods scraps before composting. They can also can be used to store food in the refrigerator. The advantage over plastic, is that these bags will “breath” without [...]

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