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Perlite

...applications for perlite have developed. In the construction and manufacturing it is use in lightweight plasters and mortars, insulation, ceiling tiles and filter aids. In horticulture it makes composts more open to air, while still having good water-retention properties; it makes a good medium for hydroponics . Perlite is also used in foundries and cryogenic insulations. Typical analysis...
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Spearmint

...in full sun to mostly shade. Loamy soils with plenty of organic material are best suited to spearmint. When growing spearmint for culinary purposes, fertilize with a well balanced fertilizer, organic composts, or manure. To harvest for culinary purposes, simply cut the branches, leaving a minimum of 1/3 of the branch, which will encourage the plant to bush out. Spearmint leaves can be used whole,...
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Dot-com

...was running full speed. A majority of the dot-coms have now ceased trading, after having burnt through their venture capital , often without ever making a gross profit , thereby becoming dot-compost . Aftermath On January 11 , 2000 , America Online , a favorite of dot-com investors, acquired Time Warner , the world's largest media company. Within two years, boardroom disagreements...
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Volunteer (botany)

...on its own, rather than being deliberately planted by a human farmer or gardener. Volunteers often grow from seeds that float in on the wind, are dropped by birds, or are inadvertently mixed into compost before it is used. Unlike weeds , which are unwanted plants, a volunteer may be encouraged once it appears, being watered, fertilized, or otherwise cared for.  This botany article...
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Coconut

...salad". The coir (the fibre from the husk of the coconut) is used in ropes, mats, brushes, caulking boats and as stuffing fibre; it is also used extensively in horticulture for making potting compost. Copra is the dried meat of the seed which is the source of coconut oil . The trunks provide building timbers. The leaves provide materials for baskets and roofing thatch. The husk and shells...
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Herbicide

...of synthetic auxin. clopyralid , is a broadleaf herbicide in the pyridine group, used mainly in turf, rangeland, and for control of noxious thistles. Notorious for its ability to persist in compost. It is another example of synthetic auxin. metoalachlor, a pre-emergent herbicide widely used for control of annual grasses in corn and sorghum; it has largely replaced atrazine for these uses...
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Dairy

...waste disposal to deal with. The most concentrated waste is at the milking shed where the animal waste is liquefied (during the water-washing process) and allowed to flow by gravity, or pumped, into composting ponds with anaerobic bacteria to consume the solids. The processed water and nutrients are them pumped back onto the pasture as irrigation and fertilizer . Surplus animals are slaughtered...
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Lumber

...concentrations higher than naturally occurring background levels. A study cited in Forest Products Journal found 12–13 percent of the chromated copper arsenate leached from treated wood buried in compost during a 12-month period. Once these chemicals have leached from the wood they are likely to bind to soil particles, especially in soils with clay or soils that are more alkaline than neutral...
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Potassium nitrate

...in some fertilizers . Manufacture Historically, nitre-beds were prepared by mixing manure with either mortar or wood ashes, common earth and organic material such as straw to give porosity to a compost pile typically 1.5 metres high by 2 metres wide by 5 metres long. The heap was usually under a cover from the rain, kept moist with urine, turned often to accelerate the decomposition and leached...
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Toronto

...2 200 tonnes a day or 800 000 tonnes a year. Besides the blue box recycling bin (plastic and metal) and grey box (paper) programs, the city has been phasing in a green bin program to recover compostable materials; this will extend city-wide by the fall of 2005 . However, the green bin program has come under criticism by watchgroups due to its cost, which is three times per tonne more to operate...
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