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Earthworms are small but mighty creatures that play a crucial role in the health of our gardens. These little creatures are important for...
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Sarah Oxley
- Apr 13, 2022
- 4 min
Vermicompost can reduce the need to water your plants by 30%
Two students from the University of Witwatersrand conducted a study to determine the benefits of adding vermicompost and traditional...
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Sarah Oxley
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Three Beneficial Animals to have in your Garden
Creating a beautiful garden filled with indigenous plants can help you attract more beneficial animals to your garden such as predators...
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Sarah Oxley
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
How to prevent fly larvae
As temperatures warm up, you might start to experience fly larvae (maggots) in your bin especially because JHB has a bit of a fly...
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Sarah Oxley
- Nov 17, 2021
- 5 min
Turning your Kitchen Waste into Vermicompost
Turning your Kitchen Waste into Vermicompost
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Himkaar Singh
- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
Circular Economy Advice Needed
"If there is one company which has the right mindset for sustainability, it's us. Why then, did we end up packaging our vermicompost in plas
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Himkaar Singh
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
On Earth Day we Recognize Soil
On 22 April we recognized Earth Day which aims to bring urgent change to the way we interact with our planet. Most of the discussions...
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Himkaar Singh
- Feb 15, 2021
- 0 min
Introduction to composting garden waste
How to compost garden waste in South Africa. Composting is done by a system of microorganisms and it is our job to create the perfect condit
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Himkaar Singh
- Jan 20, 2021
- 2 min
Are you paying to increase climate change?
A banana peel weighs a third of the total weight of a banana so if you buy a bunch of bananas for R37, you are paying R11 for peels.
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Himkaar Singh
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
TCK Company Purpose
You know, it is possible to shift the future of an entire nation. You just need a plan. Take a minute to read ours. Comment if you think it
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maryhowewatson
- Sep 20, 2020
- 3 min
Naturally weed free garden
The first step to a naturally weed free garden is to not have bare soil. We either plant our plants close enough together, or we cover bare
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- Jun 22, 2020
- 2 min
Science of Recycling Series: Biodegradable Plastic Overview
Plastics are great. Why? Because they are recyclable. So why are plastics such an issue then? Because 56% of our plastic doesn’t make it to
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- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Grow Back Better
have you ever asked why do we make raised beds? They are so much effort, so why do we do it?
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- May 9, 2020
- 4 min
5 Joburg Frost Loving Vegetables
Some strange and wonderful vegetables are frost loving – they NEED frost in order to activate part of their life cycle! Here are 5 of which
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- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
Interview With the Founder: Himkaar Singh
I started the business in May 2019 after living abroad for 2 years where I learnt about the seriousness of food waste
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- May 3, 2020
- 2 min
COVID-19 RECYCLING RESUMPTION
we are pleased to inform you that our food waste collection service will resume in May
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- May 3, 2020
- 2 min
COVID-19 RECYCLING UPDATE
As difficult as it is to put our business in jeopardy of closing, our decisions always take direction by what is best for our customers and
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- May 3, 2020
- 1 min
COVID-19 RECYCLING SUSPENSION
Although we see ourselves as an essential service to the planet, the police may not agree yet, so we have no choice but to suspend collectio
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- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
A Special Birthday Gift to Our Customers
It's The Compost Kitchen's 1st birthday and we gave a gift to all our customers and mentors;
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