Word: composting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first time. Here alone are 300 species of trees. They are at once the pillars and the superintendents of the rain forest, the frame of the house and its chief occupants. The spiny understory palm trees make baskets from branches growing out of their trunks, which become compost machines for falling leaves, which in turn sustain the trees. Since the soil is not deep enough for roots to penetrate, the larger trees like the ceiba have buttresses that lie flat on the platform of the forest; some of the narrower trees are supported by stilt-roots at the base that...
...also checking what amongst the trash is compostable. For two years we had a compost program," said Gogan. "We were taking food waste out of Annenburg, Loker and Adam's house kitchen. Thompson Disposal had a truck we used...but the truck was stolen in early September...
...Appleton Street resident reported that an unknown person removed a Sunmar self-contained compost toilet from her driveway...
...large bathtub in the window of the common room, with "Happiness is Now" painted on the side panel of their rather green mini-pond. A suspicious salt-shaker containing "oregano" graces the kitchen cabinet, and the refrigerator holds only rows of organic milk. Further inspection reveals a compost bin, a new vegetable garden and walls covered with Communist propaganda and posters of the politically active. One in particular is crammed with "Workers of the world, unite!" in at least 30 languages, crowned by pictures of Karl Marx, Mao Zedong and, yes, Captain Picard. The residents have a lighthearted sense...
This month the Greenpeace environmental group and Britain's Cooperative Bank created the world's first biodegradable credit card. Made of a naturally occurring plastic, the card takes only a few weeks to disintegrate in ordinary compost. Trade-named Biopol, the plastic is extracted from a microorganism. Monsanto, which makes Biopol, is developing ways of inserting the microorganism's metabolic process into plants through biotechnology...