To properly recycle food waste, you'll need to purchase or create a compost container. You can construct homemade containers using fence posts and either wire mesh siding or lattice. The container should be square or round and have an open bottom. Professional compost containers come in two forms: Compost bins, large containers that look similar to trash cans. These are small and cheap, but open at the bottom, making it difficult to turn compost. Compost tumblers, rotating cylinders that, though expensive, are easy to turn and incredibly effective. To help it compost successfully, it's important to keep food waste at an internal temperature of at least 135F (57C). To achieve this, place your compost container in an area where it can experience direct sunlight. If it does not have a built-in cover, place a slab of wood or tarp on top to pack in heat. If your compost container has an open base, set it on a patch of soil. This allows your waste to drain properly and gives insects and microbes a chance to break down the materials. If possible, do not put your bin on paving or decking. To prevent vermin from getting into your compost, dig a 1 inch (2.5cm) deep hole beneath your container and cover it with wire mesh. When filling your compost container, try to make even layers of green, quick rotting foods and brown, slow rotting foods. When the container is full, each type of material should make up about 50% of the total compost mixture. Examples of proper materials include: Green items like fruit peels and pulp, vegetable peels and pulp, tea leaves and bags, coffee grounds, and carrot tops. Brown items like egg boxes and shells, nuts, tomato plants, corn starch liners, used kitchen paper, and cardboard. Do not compost bones, meat, fish, bread, dairy products, drink cartons, olive oil, plastic bags, or plastic bottles. Food waste needs oxygen to decompose. To make sure all your waste gets an equal amount of air exposure, use a pitchfork to turn over your compost every few weeks. If using a tumbler, you can simply rotate the container itself with the attached crank. If you need to add more food waste, mix it in while turning the compost. Throughout the composting process, check to make sure your pile is decomposing properly. Your food waste should be consistently damp, not dry or soaking wet. Use a hose to water dry compost, and add brown materials to soaking wet compost. Food waste takes a long time to decompose. In general, expect the composting process to take between 9 months and 1 year. You compost is ready to use when the bottom is a dark, rich color. You can use compost to add nutrients to soil, making your yard, garden, and plants healthier. To enhance plants already in the ground, try spreading about 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25cm) of compost over garden beds and around trees. To help new plants grow, combine your compost and soil to create a rich mix. The compost should comprise about of the mix. In most cases, homemade compost will have rough spots where the materials did not break down completely. Use these areas as mulch for flowerbeds and shrubs.
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One-sentence summary -- Get a compost container. Cover your container and set it in a sunny spot. Set open-bottomed containers on soil. Layer your bin with green and brown materials. Turn your compost every two to four weeks. Water your compost bin if necessary. Wait 1 year for your food to compost. Add your compost to soil.

Click or double-click the Firefox app icon, which resembles an orange fox wrapped around a dark-blue globe icon. This add-on will allow you to translate entire Firefox webpages via Google Translate without having to use the Google Translate website. It's a blue button in the middle of the page. Doing so allows the add-on to install to Firefox. This will confirm that the add-on successfully installed. Find and open the webpage that you want to translate. It's a speech bubble icon in the upper-right corner of Firefox. Doing so will prompt a drop-down menu to appear. If you don't see the Translator icon, first click in the upper-right side of the window. You should see the Translator icon appear at the top of the drop-down menu. This option is in the drop-down menu. Your translated webpage will open in a new tab. You can alter the language that Translator uses to translate pages by doing the following: Right-click the Translator icon. Click Options (Change language). Click Web Translation. Click the "Select target language" drop-down box. Select a language in the drop-down menu. Click Save options at the top of the page.
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Open Firefox. Open the Translator add-on installation page. Click Add to Firefox. Click Add when prompted. Click OK when prompted. Go to a webpage. Right-click the Translator icon. Click Translate this page to [Language]. Change the translation language if necessary.