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Composting basics

Turn scraps into free soil.

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Composting turns food scraps and yard waste into soil for your garden, and can cut your trash.

Getting started

  • Mix greens (fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds) with browns (dry leaves, cardboard)
  • Keep it moist like a wrung-out sponge
  • Turn it now and then
  • Leave out meat, dairy and oily foods in a backyard pile

No yard?

Check whether your city offers food scrap collection or community drop-off.

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