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Don’t Know How to Start Composting? If you are interested in starting to compost at home, but don’t know how to start… here are a few things that can get you going: One fact that can help in the starting decision is the knowledge that more than 30% of what we throw away can be composted into fertilized soil for your garden. Producing compost keeps this waste from ever going to landfills where they take up space and release methane, a potent greenhouse gas. If you are decided to take the leap and start composting… the next step is to...

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A Chance for Giving Back to Your Communities

With at least five states and six municipalities implementing organic waste bans or mandatory recycling laws, we have a chance of giving back to our communities by recycling/composting food at home and lessening their load. Also in this edition, How much extra waste is created during the holidays, 'Tis the season...; and Leaving your HOTBIN while on holiday.

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Composting – A Path to Eliminating Waste in America. Everything we do or don’t do for a sustainable world today has an impact. Our actions and every single step we take to care more, act more, and protect more the environment, can make a difference. As stakeholders of our environment, we can show our commitment by constantly looking for, and applying methods that can minimize our environmental impact throughout the whole supply chain.

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Understanding how composting works can be considered a continuous learning experience as the composting heap inside a composting device not only depends on the device and the material it’s made of, but on all other variants such as the outside temperature, the type of waste and mix added, among some. This week, I am touching on the challenges we face when composting in cold weather and some tricks to tackle them. Also this week, How HOTBIN works, as knowing how your device works helps tremendously in determining how to successfully compost in cold weather. As always, I hope you find...

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This weekend marks the beginning of the Christmas/Holiday season in the USA. While businesses are busy offering Black Friday Discounts, this weekend is also when most of us go our to get our Christmas trees. On this week's HOTBIN Weekender, we are discussing a few topics related to Christmas trees, composting and our environment. How many trees are cut in the USA during this season, their positive environmental impact, how to reduce any negative impact... and last but not least, some useful tips for recycling them at the end of the season. As always, we hope you find this publication informational and useful.

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