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compost heap
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Noun1.compost heap - a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other


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In her new book, Garbage Land, America's trash trucks, waste treatment facilities, landfills, and compost heaps, as well as her san men, haulers, bureaucrats, suspiciously taciturn landfill operators, and oddly evangelistic environmentalists, are lavished with the attention of a thorough, perceptive, graceful, and often witty writer.
Moisture is great for compost heaps, and if you haven't already harvested your compost, this might be a good time to dig the good stuff out.
Just when it seemed biodegradable polymers would fade from view, never getting their chance to dissolve in our compost heaps, they've sprung up again.
 
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