How to Compost at Home

Creating all-natural, nutrient-rich compost for your lawn and garden at home is a cinch!

· Start your pile or compost bin in a dry, shady spot near a water source

· Add a blend ...
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Compost Proclamations

We are pleased to share the proclamations from the Missouri Governor, House of Representatives and Senate recognizing International Compost Awareness week and the Composting and Organics Association o...
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Food program keeps tons of waste out of local landfills

St. Louis (KSDK) -- For years we've been told to clean our plates, but let's face it even if we do, there's typically something, like a banana peel left behind.

"At this location we feed about ...
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GO GREEN: Recycle old food scraps into compost

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St. Louis Composting Continues to Grow by Acquiring Organic Resource Management, Inc. (ORMI) in North St. Louis County

Area's Leading Composter Grows Geographic Footprint

(VALLEY PARK, MO.) - St. Louis Composting, Inc., the region's largest producer of STA-certified compost, mulch products and soil blends, has acqu...
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Go Green: 'Egs' at The Taste of St. Louis

Go Green: 'Egs' at The Taste of St. Louis

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Going Green with Compost on KMOV Channel 4

Kristen Cornett of St. Louis' KMOV Channel 4 interviews Patrick Geraty about reducing greenhouse gasses and improving soil quality with compost.

Video: Tips on Going Green on KMOV Channel 4

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City of St. Louis Privatizes Operation of Composting Facility

St. Louis Composting, Inc. plans retail outlet, food waste recycling in 2010
ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis signed  a three-year contract with St. Louis Composting, Inc. to manage and operate the ...
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New website and logo

St Louis Composting has a new logo and website. Both of these were designed and developed by Studio 2108. The new website has a content managed news feed giving their staff or PR Firm Casey Communicat...
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St. Louis Composting Wins Best in the Expo at the Eco Expo Held at the St. Louis Science Center

St. Louis Composting is proud to announce our display won Best in the Expo at the Eco Expo held at the St. Louis Science Center on April 18 and 19. The booth was a collaboration between SLC, the Misso...
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KSDK's Heidi Glaus and St. Louis Composting's Patrick Geraty Mix It Up with the Belleville Facility's "Big Green Machine."

As the weather warms up more people will get outside and garden. But what do you know about composting?
This morning Heidi Glaus learned that composting sends less waste to landfills. Plus, using co...
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"World Peace? Compost Can Help" by Patrick Geraty

Recently, the Nobel Committee awarded its 2007 Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore for their efforts to counteract man-made climate c...
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"Feed Your Soil a Nutritious Diet: Compost" by Patrick Geraty

Good nutrition continues to be a hot topic these days, with the popularity of organic foods skyrocketing and Americans from every walk of life increasingly sensitive to the specifics of their daily di...
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"Composting: It Helps Conserve and Preserve Precious Water" by Patrick Geraty

Until a few decades ago it was widely assumed that water, a renewable resource, would always be in abundant supply. That view changed when it became apparent that increased industrial, agricultural an...
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"St. Louis Composting Has Earned the "Seal of Testing Assurance" Certification from U.S. Composting Council

In keeping with USCC standards, St. Louis Composting continues to regularly sample and test its compost, using STA-approved ...
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"Fallen Leaves Become True Windfalls" By Tim O'Neil

After green leaves wither to brown, Pat Geraty gathers them by truckloads so gardeners can make the world green again. The value of dried leaves in the age of recycling is ...
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"Two Ferocious Grinders Work Together" by Walt Moore

Watch a tub grinder at work, and a descriptive adjective that comes to mind is "ferocious." With seemingly little effort, it reduces great volumes of organic debris -- massive logs, thick stumps or ra...
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"Landfill Now Compost Site" by Scott Wuerz

A once desolate wasteland is now the site of the St. Louis region's largest producer of mulch and compost material.

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