Tag: composting

  • Food Recycling Gadget that Fits in Any Home

    WLabs has come up with the so-called Zera Food Recycler gadget, which does exactly what the name suggests. It is a compact food recycler, which is small enough to fit into most homes, even very small ones. But that’s not the only problem it solves. It also allows for creating natural fertilizer in our homes…

  • Biogas Unit for the Home

    An Israeli startup has designed a biogas unit, which is small enough for personal use. It is capable of converting organic waste into gas and organic liquid fertilizer. The unit is called HomeBiogas device and looks pretty awesome. The HomeBiogas unit can produce 5 to 8 liters of fertilizers and sufficient gas for 2-4 hours…

  • How to Compost in Your Apartment

    Live in an apartment or condo and think you can’t compost because you don’t have a large backyard? It is possible—and fairly easy—to compost indoors. If properly managed, a compost bin won’t attract pests or rodents or smell bad. Food scraps and yard waste make up 20 percent to 30 percent of what we throw…

  • Schools Ditch Styrofoam Lunch Trays for Compostable Plates

    Replacing non-biodegradable polystyrene trays with a compostable version is the first target of a pioneering attempt by six big-city school systems to create new markets for sustainable food and lunchroom supplies. The Urban School Food Alliance—whose members are public school districts in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Orlando, FL—hopes to persuade suppliers to create and…

  • Composting: How to Do It and Why It Matters

    This is a guest blog from writer Chloe Trogden. Thanks Chloe Image by Chris Breikss via Flickr Every year, we generate about 250 million tons of trash in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s a lot of waste, and it has to go somewhere. A lot of the chemicals and other…