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Composting basics

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August 21, 2008

Online environmental magazine Grist has a how-to primer on making compost, including worm bins and, yup, composting toilets. And for all you apartment-dwellers out there, the article includes suggestions on how to recycle or otherwise dump your food scraps and freshly made compost in an eco-friendly place other than your back yard.

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