Composting challenge

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Compostingchallenge
By Michaela
Green Cone Food Composter
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Yard Waste Bin
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How To Compost
Composting is actually pretty easy. You can
compost your yard waste and/or your food waste.

• How to Compost your yard waste
• Take grass clippings, leaves, stalks, dead
  plants, twigs and some weeds
• Dump them all into a plastic, wood or wire bin.
  You can even just make a pile in your yard
• Make sure that you Do not compost weeds seeds,
  invasive weeds like ivy (They will replant),
  diseased plants, pet waste, clippings treated
  with weed or bug killers or food waste.
• After putting yard waste into a bin all you have
  to do is let it sit for 6-12 months turning it
  frequently. Multiple bins speed up the process.

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How to Compost Food waste

• Compostable foods are fruits, vegetables, egg
  shells, grains and tea bags. You can also compost
  used paper napkins.
• A great place to put your food waste is in a
  green cone. A green cone is a cone like bin that
  you bury half-way in the ground. You just dump
  all your food waste in the cone and let it sit
  for about 6 months.
• If you are a Seattle resident then you can put
  your food waste and your yard waste together.
• You can also use worm bins, or homemade boxes
  with a moistened wet bedding.
• Do not compost fish, meat, dairy or pet waste.

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Composting Challenge
Beginner (easy) For the beginner challenge you
can compost some of your yard waste, like half or
more. You can either make piles or put them into
a bin. Or use your city/county yard waste and
food waste bin. It will be picked up every 1- 2
weeks and turned into compost for city and county
use. Intermediate Take all of your leaves,
twigs, grass clippings, stalks, dead plants and
some weeds. Dump them into a bin. Then just let
them sit for 6-12 months, turning them
frequently. Advanced For the expert
challenge you can compost all of your yard waste.
Then you can take all of your food waste and put
it into green cones, that will take around 6
months to compost food waste. Its that easy!