No-Waste Composting

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Small-Space Waste Recycling, Indoors and Out. Plus, 10 projects to repurpose household items into compost-making machines

By Michelle Balz

Series: No-Waste Gardening

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No-Waste Composting by Michelle Balz delves into effective methods for reducing waste and enriching garden soil through composting. The book offers practical tips and innovative techniques for turning household scraps and organic material into valuable compost. It aims to inspire readers to adopt sustainable practices while enhancing their gardening experience.
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If you're passionate about gardening, sustainability, and reducing your environmental footprint, you might enjoy this guide on efficient composting. It offers practical advice on how to turn kitchen scraps and yard waste into nutrient-rich compost, helping you reduce waste and enhance your garden's productivity.

No-Waste Composting

No-Waste Composting includes step-by-step plans for multiple small-scale indoor and outdoor composting systems that turn repurposed household items into containment systems for composting kitchen scraps and yard waste.

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In No-Waste Composting, you'll discover the hows and whys of composting and find over a dozen practical step-by-step plans for building both indoor and outdoor composting systems that require a minimal amount of space.

"I don't have enough space to compost." "I don't know what's safe to compost and what isn't." "I live in the city, so I don't think I can compost." "Indoor composting systems are smelly." "I don't have a garden, so I don't need to compost." If any of these is your excuse for not composting, then this is the book for you!

Small-space composting has never been easier, more efficient, and more eco-friendly. Composting keeps millions of tons of waste out of landfills and creates carbon-sequestering, nutrient-dense compost that can be used to help fuel plant growth (including houseplants!) and build soil health.

Build a DIY worm-composting system for a cupboard or garage
Craft a layered, under-the-sink composting system from terracotta pots
Construct a simple outdoor compost bin from repurposed wooden pallets
Use up-cycled wire fencing to build a mobile composting system on the driveway
Learn how to compost larger sticks and branches to build new food and flower gardens
Up-cycle a plastic bucket to make an indoor compost fermenting system

Plus, you'll find plans to keep cat and dog waste out of the landfill by using a groundbreaking (and safe) DIY composting system. And if you don't garden, author and composting professional Michelle Balz offers plenty of other ways you can utilise the wonderful, crumbly compost you create.

Whether you're just starting your no-waste journey or you're a seasoned recycling and re-purposing pro, No-Waste Composting is an invaluable tool to have at your side.

This book is part of the Cool Springs Press No-Waste Gardening series, which also includes No-Waste Kitchen Gardening and No-Waste Organic Gardening.

Series: No-Waste Gardening

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No-Waste Composting

By Michelle Balz

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760368701

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 April 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Cool Springs Press

Illustration: 150 color photos & illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

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Education & Reference Home & Garden Michelle Balz Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Science & Nature Self-Help & Personal Development Series: No-Waste Gardening

About the Author

Michelle Balz is a long-time backyard composter with a passion for reducing our impact on the planet and the author of Composting for a New Generation. She spends her days writing laid-back advice for home composters in the Confessions of a Composter blog, teaching classes on backyard composting, and learning everything she can about composting, recycling, reusing, and waste reduction. Since 2002, Michelle has worked as a solid waste (a.k.a. garbage) professional encouraging residents and businesses to reduce their waste and use fewer resources. Michelle has a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and a master's degree in Professional Writing, both from the University of Cincinnati. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.