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  2. L.A. now picks up your compostable food scraps. Here's what ...

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    Schedule a time to pick up your free compost pail from the city — that's because it's also time to stop putting food scraps in the trash, as California law requires. L.A. now picks up your ...

  3. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    In San Francisco, the local government established its Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance in support of its goal of "Zero waste by 2020", requiring everyone in the city to keep recyclables and compostables out of the landfill. The three streams are collected with the curbside "Fantastic 3" bin system – blue for recyclables, green ...

  4. Biodegradable waste - Wikipedia

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    There is a large and growing number of treatment options to make excreta safe and manageable for the intended reuse option. [14] Options include urine diversion and dehydration of feces ( urine-diverting dry toilets ), composting ( composting toilets or external composting processes ), sewage sludge treatment technologies and a range of fecal ...

  5. Here’s how to get a free kitchen compost bin for ... - AOL

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    Here’s where to get a free counter top bin (excluding holidays) while supplies last. Residents are limited to one pail per household: 3491 Orange Grove Ave., Suite A, North Highlands - 8 a.m. to ...

  6. Compost - Wikipedia

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    Composting is an aerobic method of decomposing organic solid wastes, [8] so it can be used to recycle organic material. The process involves decomposing organic material into a humus-like material, known as compost, which is a good fertilizer for plants. Composting organisms require four equally important ingredients to work effectively: [3]

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  8. Vermicompost - Wikipedia

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    Vermicomposting uses worms to decompose waste and make nutrient-rich "worm manure". Vermicompost (vermi-compost) is the product of the decomposition process using various species of worms, usually red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms, to create a mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast.

  9. Biodegradation - Wikipedia

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    Composting is a human-driven process in which biodegradation occurs under a specific set of circumstances. The process of biodegradation is threefold: first an object undergoes biodeterioration, which is the mechanical weakening of its structure; then follows biofragmentation, which is the breakdown of materials by microorganisms; and finally ...