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unusual facts about compost


Naty

The printing colour on the diapers is, certified by OK Compost.


BTTR Ventures

They partnered with Peet's Coffee & Tea(PEET) and other local coffee shops as sources of coffee grounds and Whole Foods Market (WFMI), Andronico's, Mollie Stone's and other regional grocery stores as distributors of the company's mushrooms and mushroom kits for more than their 30 Bay Area stores, and CitySlickers Farms, an Oakland Urban Farming Project, and Oakland Unified School District as receivers of the company's compost donation.

Clivus multrum

"Clivus" is Latin for incline or slope; "multrum" is a Swedish composite word meaning "compost room," thus a "Clivus Multrum" is an inclining compost room.

Evart, Michigan

Brad Morgan, an Evart dairy farmer and compost manufacturer, was featured prominently in the 2007 documentary The Call of the Entrepreneur produced by the Acton Institute.

Granville, County Tyrone

The industrial estate includes the headquarters and main factory of Dunbia (formerly, known as Dungannon Meats) and one of the main plants of Linden Foods, also Westland Horticulture has its compost site and head office on the estate.

Helix of sustainability

Note difference between landfill and compost - the limited biological activity in landfill is slow, and mostly anaerobic resulting in the production of methane, whereas composting is a rapid aerobic process resulting in humus, water and non-fossil CO2.

King Britt

Released on Munich based label Compost, this record was praised by the legends of techno Derrick May and Carl Craig, including many of the songs in their sets.

Passiflora lindeniana

The Kew trees are growing in "slightly acidic, open, peat free, multipurpose substrate compost with added Perlite and fine bark" according to Vanderplank.

Sag Harbor Branch

A small portion of the right of way runs through what is today the Long Island Game Farm, while another segment runs through a Town of Brookhaven compost facility.


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