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Truth in Labeling Act introduced in Congress

Yet another federal proposal has emerged to clarify labeling for recyclable, compostable and reusable packaging. Supporters include the US Composting Council, the Paper Recycling Coalition, Recology a...

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The Science of Composting

If you think composting is as simple as throwing banana peels and coffee grounds into a stinky container on the kitchen counter and eventually tossing it

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The magic of hot composting

Ordinary composting has some disadvantages that every gardener knows well. One can’t simply add bones or meat – and some gardeners even avoid eggshells – for fear of attracting vermin. Also, plants that have gone to seed cannot be added, or the resulting soil will be peppered with the beginning of next year’s weeds. You can’t add diseased plants, or the diseases might remain in the resulting soil, ready to infect next year’s crops. Also, it takes a long time, and one loses much of the kitchen waste volume in the process of rotting down. Imagine, then, a new kind of composting, one that avoids all these problems at once – no more weed seeds, no more disease, no more vermin. Imagine being able to compost almost everything, and keep the majority of the biomass. Imagine, finally, that it only takes a matter of weeks and not months. What makes hot composting, or Berkeley composting, work is the kind of bacteria it uses. Instead of the usual variety of bacteria that breaks down over several months, hot composters find the right balance of materials – more on this in a moment — to attract aerobic, heat-generating bacteria. The bacteria generate...

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Airport enforces bold new policy that could set a standard for the travel industry: 'We think it's our responsibility to do as much as we can to look out for future generations'

Seattle-Tacoma International, the No. 1 airport in the U.S., is requiring its vendors to use only reusable or compostable wares.