Do not add meat, fish bones or fatty food wastes to the compost mixture.

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For example, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation lists some dos and don'ts of composting on its Web site: Do add lime, small amounts of wood ashes or crushed eggshells to the compost pile.

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But Abou-Zahr hastens to add that countries in Africa do not present a uniformly bleak picture.

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"I do not believe we ought to add troops in Afghanistan unless it is indispensable in our war against al-Qaida, "If it is, then we have to do whatever it takes because al-Qaida is out to annihilate us.

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