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Learn About Composting

Plastic bin filled with food waste.

5 Tips for Beginner Composters

Students recording food waste data near a school compost bin, using scales and notebooks to track how much waste is diverted from the landfill through composting.

Students recording food waste data near a school compost bin, using scales and notebooks to track how much waste is diverted from the landfill through composting.

Track Your Compost: Easy Steps to Measure Food Waste and Progress

Compost bin with a red X over common household items like meat, dairy, and plastic, highlighting materials that should never be added to compost.

Compost bin with a red X over common household items like meat, dairy, and plastic, highlighting materials that should never be added to compost.

Stop! Don’t Compost These Everyday Items

Students and families collecting carved pumpkins at a school composting event, preparing pumpkins for a safe smash and fall sustainability activity to reduce waste and enrich school gardens.

Students and families collecting carved pumpkins at a school composting event, preparing pumpkins for a safe smash and fall sustainability activity to reduce waste and enrich school gardens.

Host a Pumpkin Collection Event or Pumpkin Smash at Your School

Teachers and cafeteria staff discussing food waste reduction strategies in a school kitchen, exploring practical ways to improve efficiency and promote sustainability among students.

Teachers and cafeteria staff discussing food waste reduction strategies in a school kitchen, exploring practical ways to improve efficiency and promote sustainability among students.

Practical Ways to Motivate School Staff to Cut Food Waste

Hands squeezing compost to check moisture level, showing the proper balance of dampness needed for healthy decomposition in a compost bin.

Hands squeezing compost to check moisture level, showing the proper balance of dampness needed for healthy decomposition in a compost bin.

Too Dry or Too Wet? How to Keep Your Compost at the Ideal Moisture Level

Food scraps left on a forest trail with a hiker in the background, showing how discarded waste harms wildlife and disrupts natural ecosystems.

Food scraps left on a forest trail with a hiker in the background, showing how discarded waste harms wildlife and disrupts natural ecosystems.

Leave No Trace: Think Food Waste Is Harmless Outdoors? Here’s Why It’s Not

Different types of composting systems displayed side by side, including a backyard bin, worm farm, and tumbler, illustrating options for various composting needs and spaces.

Different types of composting systems displayed side by side, including a backyard bin, worm farm, and tumbler, illustrating options for various composting needs and spaces.

How to Choose the Best Composting Method for Your Needs

Person turning compost with a garden fork to improve airflow, demonstrating an easy way to prevent and eliminate unpleasant compost odors.

Person turning compost with a garden fork to improve airflow, demonstrating an easy way to prevent and eliminate unpleasant compost odors.

How to Get Rid of Compost Smell: Simple Fixes That Work

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