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Wheelie Bin Urinal Turns Public Urination into Free Fertilizer

Anyone who has ever lived in an urban metropolis like New York City knows about the pee stench. It’s everywhere – in the subway, at the ATM and even in lobbies of public buildings. First-floor tenants sometimes find that the smell creeps into their apartments. But what can be done to stop it? For many [...]

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Composting Contributes to Climate Change?

Composting is good for the earth, right? It takes waste and transforms it into not just something usable, but something that helps us grow food. It has become so popular, that many cities around the world are starting large-scale composting projects. But, Sustainablog reports that even the most conscientious large-scale composting operations emit methane, a [...]

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Robot Nixes Stench of Indoor Composting

Composting couldn’t be easier – if you’re doing it the old fashioned way, throwing food scraps and garden waste into a pile or bin in the backyard and letting nature do its thing. But for people who have limited outside space – or just don’t want to walk out to their compost pile after every [...]

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Treehugger’s Green Tips: Humanure Composting

Humanure: it’s exactly what it sounds like. Human feces and urine when composted properly, is perfectly safe to use in gardens, even those growing edibles. As part of their Green Tips project, Treehugger has a few videos that explain the (surprisingly easy) process of composting ‘humanure’. Created by Joseph Jenkins, the author [...]

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Man Claims Pot was for Composting, Not Smoking

File this under incredibly creative excuses: an Iowa man told police that recycling was all he had in mind when he was found to be the proud owner of a large quantity of marijuana. I mean, why bother pulling the old “It’s not mine!” or “I thought it was oregano!” when you can at least [...]

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Magic Marvelous Compost Bin Video

Do not take acid before you watch this. You really don’t need it. It already looks like something somebody came up with after a bad trip; in fact, it sort of resembles the crazy scene in The Pick of Destiny where Jack Black eats a mushroom and goes off on a fantastic colorful adventure [...]

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