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Real Biology. Richer Soil. Greener Livining

Demystifying Food Waste, Microbes, and the Art of Organic Gardening

Garbage Disposal Alternatives for Kitchen Food Scraps: GEME Composter
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Garbage Disposal Alternatives for Kitchen Food Scraps

You do not need a sink garbage disposal to manage kitchen food scraps. Compare trash, freezer storage, municipal organics, backyard composting, worms, bokashi, food recyclers, and continuous microb...

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What to Do With Compost If You Have No Garden

You do not need a backyard to make composting worthwhile. Learn how apartment dwellers can use GEME Compost Base in containers and houseplants, share it with gardeners, store it correctly, or conne...

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Can You Compost Pumpkins After Halloween?

Halloween pumpkins do not have to end up in the trash. Learn how to compost whole and carved pumpkins, remove decorations, manage their high moisture content, and divide larger pumpkins into safe l...

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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies in Your Kitchen and Compost Bin

Fruit flies are controlled at the source, not just with traps. Learn where they breed, how to clean and trap them, and how continuous GEME composting can reduce the need to leave suitable food scra...

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What Is Food Waste? Causes, Impact, and Solutions

Food waste includes edible food that is discarded as well as unavoidable kitchen scraps such as peels, trimmings and coffee grounds. Learn what causes food waste, why it matters, how prevention and...

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Real Compost vs Dehydrated Food Waste: Which Is More Sustainable?

Dried food waste and real compost are not the same thing. Dehydration removes water and reduces volume; composting uses microorganisms to biologically transform organic matter and create a soil-ret...

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Composting in Winter: Indoor Composting with GEME Composter

Cold weather can slow an outdoor compost pile, but your kitchen keeps producing scraps. Discover how GEME Terra 2 and GEME Pro support continuous indoor composting through winter, which model fits ...