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Consider composting your holiday food waste

• 12/29/2022 3:35:00 PM
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DES MOINES — It’s a New Year’s resolution you can use – no purchase necessary. 

Top three ways to handle fall leaves

• 11/10/2022 2:21:00 PM
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DES MOINES — Fall leaves are beautiful – until they pile up in your yard. Don’t send those precious nutrients up in smoke. Instead, put those nuisance leaf piles to good use.

Top three ways to handle fall leaves

• 10/18/2021 8:03:00 AM
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DES MOINES -- Fall leaves are beautiful – until they pile up in your yard. Don’t send those precious nutrients up in smoke. Instead, put those nuisance leaf piles to good use. Leaves, small branches and other landscape materials can nourish your lawn, garden or community. It’s easy:

Handling fall leaves — easy and educational

• 10/15/2020 12:51:00 PM
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DES MOINES --Fall leaves are beautiful – until they pile up in your yard. But don’t send those precious nutrients up in smoke. Instead, put them to good use. Your leaves, branches and other landscape materials can nourish your lawn, garden or community.

Top 3 ways to handle fall leaves

• 10/31/2018 1:54:00 PM
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Fall leaves are beautiful -- until they pile up in your yard. But don’t send those precious nutrients up in smoke. Instead, put them to good use. Your leaves, branches and other landscape materials can nourish your lawn, garden or community.

Don't trash these 8 things

• 8/15/2018 2:27:00 PM
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Each year, almost 3 million tons of trash end up in Iowa landfills, and of that, nearly 70 percent of the state’s landfilled municipal solid waste could have been diverted from the landfill through reuse, recycling and compost – or by not creating the waste at all. Help keep items out of landfills by following these easy tips!

DNR releases 2017 Iowa Statewide Waste Characterization Study; food waste and plastics top the list

• 12/14/2017 11:47:00 AM
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DES MOINES — A recently released study shows what Iowans are throwing away, and what could be spared from the landfill. 

Compost on Iowa Capitol lawns to help improve soil quality and promote cleaner water

• 9/7/2017 1:24:00 PM
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DES MOINES — In a partnership with the DNR and other state agencies to improve soil quality and reduce stormwater runoff on the Iowa Capitol grounds, crews will be applying layers of compost on the State Capitol Terrace lawns the week of Sept. 11. 

Tutorial: Learn How to Compost at Home

• 5/13/2015 5:54:00 AM
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Yard waste is the second major waste generated in cities and towns – and since it’s illegal to place yard waste in the trash in Iowa, it needs to be composted. While you can send off yard waste for municipal composting, it’s also easy to do in your own backyard, saving you money and helping your yard and garden. Use this tutorial from DNR staffer Karen Grimes to start your own compost heap at home.