The word 'compost' is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used as a noun that refers to organic matter that has been decomposed and is used as a fertilizer or soil amendment. Example Sentence: The farmer added compost to the soil to help promote healthy plant growth.
No sooner had I got out of the car than Jane Scotter, who runs the farm with her partner Harry Astley, whisked me off to the bank of compost heaps.
It can help solve a myriad of problems by providing affordable toilets in water-scarce areas, and returning compost rich in beneficial microorganisms, as well as ample quantities of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to depleted soils, reclaiming nutrients to make organic soil conditioners and fertilisers.
Kramer says human waste-based compost can bring "huge economic returns for farmers growing high-value crops, such as spinach and peppers".
He feeds his vegetables with compost from his kitchen, his catfish on worms and larvae, his rabbits on leaves and herbs.
Most people don't know how easy it is to compost human waste.
Our group of EcoSan practitioners – including Joe Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook – launched a pilot project in a large tent camp for displaced people in Cite Soleil to see if it was possible to provide clean composting toilets and to collect and compost all the toilet waste on-site.
One project site in Haiti produced more than 15 tons of beautiful compost.
Over the last five years, we've trained more than 20 compost technicians and built over a dozen large compost sites for emergency settings, primary schools, NGO compounds, and housing projects — providing simple, clean composting toilets and on-site waste treatment for thousands of people.
But in terms of building the actual toilets and compost site, simple inexpensive materials are all that are needed.
Humanure composting is simple and elegant; it doesn't require a special toilet seat, or tubing to divert urine from the compost matrix.
The heart of the biodynamic garden is the compost heap, which is meticulously tended using plant-based concoctions.
