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Composting pilot coming to Warren County

By Mike Lynch

Residents will be able to drop off food scraps free at designated sites

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A woman pours human urine into a bucket to be composted

The power of ‘pee-cycling’: Longtime compost enthusiasts turn to human urine

By Chloe Bennett

Compost for Good’s experimental facility opens to the public in Jay. The initial test involved collecting 2,000 gallons of urine, which was made into fertilizer.

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