Compost It! Season Coming To Close
Metro Waste Authority officials are reminding residents of the end of the Compost It! season for cities across the metro.
KCCI 8 Des Moines,
Wed Dec 02 09:49:22 PST 2009
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Greenport compost plant nixed in spite of majority vote
The proposed Greenport compost facility that would have been paid for with state and federal money was shot down this week when the village discovered that the Village Board needed a superm...
The Suffolk Times,
Thu Dec 03 01:21:00 PST 2009
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Give your outdoor garden pots a seasonal makeover
Ciscoe Morris says it's time to freshen up your outdoor pots by removing the leftover summer plants and adding some new plants to the container. If you did not already plant overwintering g...
Seattle Times,
Wed Dec 02 15:59:32 PST 2009
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Thanksgiving leftovers piled on street for composting
A Renton neighborhood piled a couple hundred pounds of rotting turkey carcasses, wilted lettuce and other Thanksgiving waste on its street to make a point about compost Monday.
seattlepi.com,
Wed Dec 02 10:30:41 PST 2009
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City leafs compost job to gardeners
Last year, the Sanitation Department ditched its popular leaf recycling program due to budget cuts - so local gardeners took matters into their own hands.
New York Daily News,
Mon Nov 30 21:07:00 PST 2009
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Huge Emissions Savings, Other Environmental Benefits Achieved Through Urban Compos...
Officials and local farmers announced recently that city residents and businesses have composted more than 620,000 tons of material, mostly food scraps, through the city's green cart progra...
PollutionOnline,
Mon Nov 30 20:15:17 PST 2009
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Volunteers pitch in to help out seniors
More than 800 volunteers grabbed rakes, compost bags and batteries during the Annual Washtenaw County Fall Chore Day, Nov. 14 as they headed to homes of senior citizens across the county to...
Ypsilanti Courier,
Wed Dec 02 05:54:54 PST 2009
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Into the Garden: Layer a compost sandwich to make new garden beds
LEAVES, leaves, leaves. Im going to try something called a "compost sandwich" using some of the billions of leaves that have fallen in the past few weeks. If youre building new garden beds,...
The Charleston Gazette,
Sat Nov 28 21:00:09 PST 2009
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Landfill workers up to their knees in leaves
Albert Luhn of Frederick drops off yard waste as Phillip Lee of Adamstown picks up mulch Tuesday at the composting facility at the Frederick County landfill on Reich's Ford Road in Frederic...
Gazette.net,
Thu Dec 03 01:53:29 PST 2009
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Pond life and terrace-house traumas
Answesr to your questions on neighbouring garden construction, roses and local authority compost.
Daily Telegraph,
Tue Dec 01 10:29:19 PST 2009
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East Bridgewater Planning Board continues hearing on compost facility
A Planning Board decision on a proposed 1.7 million-square-foot composting site on Industrial Drive has been delayed after the board voted to continue a hearing on the project until January...
The Brockton Enterprise,
Mon Nov 30 23:53:50 PST 2009
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Photo du Jour 518
Photo: Kevin Montgomery The skull-shatteringly brilliant Kevin Montgomery over at Mission Mission snapped this extraordinarily depressing shot of an abandoned mouse left atop a compost bin ...
SFist,
Tue Dec 01 15:11:32 PST 2009
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Frederick landfill workers up to their knees in leaves
With the autumn season in full swing, workers at the Frederick County landfill find themselves knee-deep in leaves and yard waste. The dead leaves piling up on lawns and curbs around the co...
New Market Gazette,
Thu Dec 03 03:07:54 PST 2009
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Phila. Residents Confused by New Leaf Collection Policy
The Philadelphia Streets Department has an entirely new system for dealing with fallen leaves, one that has many residents getting out their rakes, and scratching their heads.
KYW News Radio 1060,
Thu Dec 03 00:42:05 PST 2009
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Sunshine, sewage to power cities of the future
A hybrid Zipcar at a charging station. "These are the three giant stomachs of Lille."
Times of Malta,
Thu Dec 03 01:30:47 PST 2009
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Westland Observer,
Thu Dec 03 04:04:25 PST 2009
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Compost stench to linger
RESIDENTS overcome by a stench emanating from a Coldstream composting facility may be forced to endure the smell for longer.
Maroondah Journal,
Mon Nov 30 09:46:00 PST 2009
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County still recovering from October snow
Carolyn Hoover stepped outside her Park Forest Village home to pick up the mail Wednesday and was re
Centre Daily Times,
Wed Dec 02 22:57:49 PST 2009
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Don't trash that banana peel - composting is an easy, eco-friendly alternative
(ARA) - Recycling is certainly not a new concept. In fact, gardeners have been using one form of recycling - composting - for about as long as people have tilled the soil. Composting is a c...
Lexington Clipper-Herald,
Thu Dec 03 00:08:14 PST 2009
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