MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'compost'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:53:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3895852&cid=t_292930_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fcoffee-grounds-do-you-put-them-in-the-garbage-or-garden%2F photo: Thinkstock What do you do with your leftover coffee grounds? Unless you’ve got a compost bin going, you probably toss them in the trash. If you consider the amount of coffee consumed every day around the world, that’s a lot of compost going into landfills. Shane Genzuik thinks that those grounds could be put to good use, so he started Ground to Ground — an initiative that makes grounds from coffee shops available to the public for use in their gardens and compost heaps. Coffee is also packed with nitrogen – a great fertilizer. What do you do with your coffee grounds? via Mother Nature Network Post from: BlissTree Coffee Grounds: Do You Put Them In the Garbage or Garden? (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3895852 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:38:32 +0100 3895852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880808&cid=t_292930_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fnot-so-eco-friendly-living-san-franciscos-organic-compost-is-full-of-chemicals%2F photo: Thinkstock San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission gives out free composting soil to their residents, schools, and businesses, to make composting easier. Pretty cool, right? In theory, yes, but test results show that the supposedly organic soil is full of endocrine-disrupting chemicals like PBDE, flame retardants, triclosan, detergent breakdown components, and antibacterial agents, among other chemicals. Where is this tainted soil coming from, you ask? Oh, just sewage sludge. Yes — the Public Utilities Commission has been collecting soil from the sewer, and handing it out to school children. Why is anyone surprised that the soil would be crawling with chemicals? via Natural News Post from: BlissTree (Not So) Eco-Friendly Living: San Francisco's "Organic" Compost is Full ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880808 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:14:17 +0100 3880808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757830&cid=t_292930_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ftrash-free-for-a-year-could-you-do-it%2F Think about everything you’ve thrown out today so far. A lot of crap, right? The average person tosses four pounds of trash a day. But get this: An eco-friendly couple in Oregon created just four pounds of trash over 365 days. They decided to go debris-free for an entire year, and through recycling, buying locally grown food, and composting, they accumulated around 75 pieces of small trash during that time. Crazy. Could you do it? via The Huffington Post Post from: BlissTree Trash-Free for a Year: Are You Eco-Friendly Enough? (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757830 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:30:25 +0100 3757830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629600&cid=t_292930_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feco-friendly-living-10-things-to-green-your-garden%2F How does your garden grow? Probably not green-ly enough. So check out our gallery of 10 things we found to help you cultivate your garden into a more eco-friendly oasis: Post from: BlissTree Eco-Friendly Living: 10 Things to Green Your Garden (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629600 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:24:40 +0100 3629600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556053&cid=t_292930_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feco-friendly-living-we-dig-composting%2F photo: Thinkstock Composting is something every good eco-conscious woman knows she should do, but somehow finds a reason not to. It’s gross, you say. I live in a city, you sigh. The time for excuses is over. Thanks to Planet Green, there’s the City Girl’s Guide to Composting – but don’t worry, it works for non-urban types, too. First you need to decide what kind of composting you want to do. Worm composting is good if you’re short on space (and don’t mind worms, obviously); hot composting is good if you’re a real go-getter and are willing to put a little more work into composting while reaping a more satisfying reward; and cold composting is good if you’d like a low-maintenance approach. You just dump the scraps into a bucket and let them s... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556053 Wed, 12 May 2010 13:36:09 +0100 3556053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508155&cid=t_292930_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fearth-friendly-10-things-you-shouldn%25e2%2580%2599t-compost%2F There’s a lot of mixed wisdom out there about what organic material you should and shouldn’t return to the earth. If you want to stay on Mother Nature’s good side, check out this list of things the Environmental Protection Agency suggests trashing instead of composting: 1. Sick plants: Adding diseased or insect-ridden plants to your compost will just make other plants ill. (But you can compost healthy plants.) 2. Coal or charcoal ash: These can also harm plant life. (But you can compost fireplace ashes.) 3. Black walnut tree leaves or twigs: While most leaves are okay to recycle, walnut leaves contain substances that can damage plants. 4. Dairy products: These will stink up your bin and attract outdoor pests. So dump your yogurt elsewhere, but toss eggshells into the compos... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508155 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:34:23 +0100 3508155 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374097&cid=t_292930_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fcompost-domesticated%2F Blisstree is all for composting: It’s a great way to reduce waste, nurture your garden, and school the kids. (Ever met a five-year-old who didn’t like worms?) But when it comes to storing rotten food in or near the house, we prefer to keep things under good-looking, odor-free wraps. So whether you’re transferring your slop to a garden or just being ecologically mindful indoors, here are five comely compost containers that we would allow to live in our kitchens. Ceramic Compost Pail from Williams Sonoma This low-profile bucket is small (one gallon) and keeps compost from smelling funky with replaceable charcoal filters. Its ceramic material and white finish definitely up a kitchen’s chic-quotient. Just don’t mistake it for the cookie jar. ($32) Bamboo Compost ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374097 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:27:25 +0100 3374097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834288&cid=t_292930_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fchemistry-of-compost.html Okay…so I was kind of joking about doing a regular weekly gardening column, but having spent rather longer weeding and feeding this week than I intended to, I need to get something written for Sciencebase today that wouldn’t be too demanding. So here’s a quick guide to composting your kitchen and garden waste. These are the fast-rotting greens that should definitely be in your compost heap. These all provide moisture and the all important organic matter and nitrogen for your compost. They also quickly accumulate bacteria and fungi that start the rotting process – the aerobic decomposition process – and generate necessary heat to get the compost heap going and produce rich humus from the break down of plant cellulose and the other complex molecules in your kitc... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834288 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:00:27 +0100 2834288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2477544&cid=t_292930_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHfQyuzLUvbw%2F Yet again the city of San Francisco is demonstrating its “love” for humanity.  By threatening to fine them for getting their garbage wrong. Reports MSNBC: Trash collectors in San Francisco will soon be doing more than just gathering garbage: They’ll be keeping an eye out for people who toss food scraps out with their rubbish. San Francisco this week passed a mandatory composting law that is believed to be the strictest such ordinance in the nation. Residents will be required to have three color-coded trash bins, including one for recycling, one for trash and a new one for compost — everything from banana peels to coffee grounds. The law makes San Francisco the leader yet again in environmentally friendly measures, following up on other green initiatives such as bannin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2477544 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:56:17 +0100 2477544