sanitation
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The Best Way to Compost if You Don’t Want to Compost
Composting has an ick factor. Between gardening and cooking, I produce a lot of waste that goes right into the ‘green bin’ for city composting, and I’m always super happy to shuffle it to the curb and out of my house. I’d always wanted to compost more seriously, but lacked the room, was fearful of…
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How to Start Composting Leaves (and Why You Should)
Once all those pretty autumn leaves fall to your yard, they are often treated as a waste product — but these leaves are the beginning of nutrient-rich garden soil, and they make an excellent habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects. Composting your leaves instead of tossing them can save you money on removal and help…
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Signs That It’s Time to Replace Your Toilet
We usually don’t think too hard about toilets, that utilitarian appliance in our bathrooms that accepts all of our waste, mistakes, and regrets without complaint. Although you can certainly spend a lot of money on some seriously fancy toilets, for most of us, a toilet is a largely anonymous part of our home’s infrastructure. We…
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TikTok’s ‘Overloading’ Trend Is a Crappy Way to Clean Your Toilet
TikTok’s latest ad campaign is all about how useful the video-sharing app is for learning new tricks, hacks, and skills — and it is, for the most part. When users aren’t opening TikTok to increase their knowledge, they’re usually looking for entertainment or ASMR. For some time now, one toilet-cleaning trend known as the “overload”…