Green News - 7/31/08

New Toy Safety Law Will Likely Become Law - As reported by the Chicago Tribune, it would "require manufacturers and importers to subject toys and other nursery products to strict safety tests before they hit store shelves." Secondly, "the legislation would phase in a near-ban...

Garden Bio-hazard: Man Killed By Compost

A man in Briatian has died after inhaling lethal spores which grew on rotting compost in his garden. "The 47-year-old Briton fell ill less than 24 hours after being engulfed by "clouds of dust" while working with rotting tree and plant mulch.At first medics thought the...

Topsoil for lawn and landscaping!

Topsoil is used sometimes for topdressing an existing lawn and planting grass seed or addressing certain landscape situations. Some of the best topsoil is part spent mushroom compost. This combination provides most of the nutrients a new lawn will need for a couple of years.

Program to pick up kitchen scraps, yard waste could come to Boulder

"By the time this summer rolls around, Boulder residents might be able to put their kitchen scraps, grass clippings and yard waste out on the curb to be picked up and made into compost rather than going to the landfill. That's because trash haulers who now have to make two...

Palembang to have compost plant soon

Palembang, S Sumatra (ANTARA News) - PT Organic Recovery Group Indonesia, a subsidiary of an Australian company, will soon build a compost plant in Palembang, capital of South Sumatra province, at a cost of US$1.5 billion. The plant, to be built on two hectares of land near...

Man told worms in toilet compost ‘cruel’

Inventive people, those Kiwis, hopefully this idea won't drown in its own excrement..."A New Zealand man feels as though he is up shit creek after a complaint was made about his use of the efficient composting tiger worms - in his composting toilet.  Seems a zealous...

Farm Aid Change Focus To Environmental Awareness This Year

"The assault on the environment cannot be effectively controlled, but must be prevented. Although some laudable progress has been made, it has mainly been cosmetic, addressing symptoms rather than causes. In view of this, NYC is using Farm Aid's 22nd anniversary concert to...