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Most lawn mowers can recycle grass clippings. Just
remove the grass catcher carefully.
Never cut off more than a third of the grass blade
in one mowing. Mow when the grass is dry.
Keep your mower blade sharp. Dull mowers hurt the
grass and give a brownish cast to the turf. Installing
a mulching blade is helpful.
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To prevent excess growth, raise the mower height,
mow, then gradually lower it over the span of your next
several mowings.
When it's time to replace your mower, consider a
mulching, recycling or non-polluting reel mower. 
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add yard trimmings, garden debris, vegetable
and fruit scraps, coffee grounds and paper
filters, and horse, cow, chicken and rabbit
manure. Ask your local government if regulations
require a covered bin for food scraps or prohibit
composting food scraps outdoors.
add meats, fish, oily foods, milk products
or pet manure.
mix the food scraps into the pile as you
add them.
make or buy a bin that is pest-resistant
- one that has a lid and air holes small
enough to keep out small pests.
put your compost pile in direct sunlight.
Dry material does not decay.
mix your pile regularly. A pile turned every
week or so and carefully managed may compost
in a month or two; poorly managed, it may
take six months to two years.
worry about composting quickly - take your
time and let nature do its thing. Mix your
pile
if it starts to give off odors.
shred or grind organic materials to speed
composting.
For more tips, visit our discussion board
at www.GreenWorks.tv
GreenWords "Compost Tips."
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waste composting is a sensible solid waste management
alternative for Pennsylvania municipalities. Learn how
easy it is in the Department of Environmental Protection's
Guide to Municipal Yard Waste Composting.
omposting
mimics nature's own recycling processes, removing organic
wastes from the waste stream. This is no small feat considering
that each person generates an average of 1.35 pounds of
organic waste per day. That's almost 500 pounds per person
every year! Leaves, dead plants, grass clippings and weeds
are just a few of the compost ingredients you can find
in your own backyard. 
id you know that a half-acre lawn in Pennsylvania produces
more than three tons - nearly 260 bags - of grass clippings
each year? Think of all the time, money and effort it
takes to bag all those clippings. Why go through the hassle?
