Tag: compost
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NYC to Mandate Urban Composting in 2024
New York City recently decided to mandate urban composting by 2024 to help improve the environment and reduce waste. The city mayor, Eric Adams, said the composting regulations would become effective beginning in 2024 in all five boroughs. Many environmentalists applauded the new bill. But they wondered how it would work in such a large…
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5 Sustainable and Natural Fertilizers
Traditional fertilizers contain harmful ingredients and chemicals that damage the environment and reduce soil quality. That’s why a cutting-edge fertilizer plant in Saskatchewan, a Canadian province, started developing more sustainable fertilizers. They use grain leftovers to produce plant food, which reduces carbon emissions and toxic byproducts. The company hopes its unconventional approach will bring much-needed…
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Coffee Pulp Aids Reforestation Efforts, According to Science
A recent study found that coffee pulp, a waste product of coffee production, can promote reforestation efforts on post-agricultural land. The British Ecological Society journal Ecological Solutions and Evidence published these findings. Researchers from ETH-Zurich and the University of Hawai`i took part in the study. First, they spread 30 dump truck loads of coffee pulp…