Q: If your city does not offer a public composting service, search for a private composting business in your area. Select a business and a plan that is within your price range, meets your needs, and fits into your schedule. Once you sign-up for the service, the business will typically provide you with a composting bin or bags.  Many services will take the full bin and leave you with a sanitized bin. If you do not produce much food waste, find a service that will pick up your compostable materials every two weeks or once a month. If you are interested in using compost in your yard, select a service that provides you with compost for free or at a discounted rate. Instead of paying for a public or private composting service, bring your organic materials to a designated biodegradable waste drop off site. These sites may be operated by the city, private organizations, or nonprofits. Before bringing your materials to one of these locations, make sure all of the items in your compost bin or bags adhere to the site’s standards.  Find these drop off sites through a quick internet search. Instead of paying for your city’s composting service, you may be allowed to bring biodegradable materials to a drop-off site yourself. Giving your biodegradable materials away is an excellent ways to support the farmers and systems that produce food for your community. Contact farmers and community gardens in your area to see if they accept organic donations.  This is a great option for business and restaurants looking to cut costs while giving back to the community. Some farmers and gardens may already have drop off boxes for composting donations.
A: Subscribing to a private composting service. Bring your compostable materials to a composting collection site. Donate your organic materials to local farmers or community gardens.

Q: The brighter, the better. If it's too weak, it may not do the trick. Most flashlights you find in your bottom kitchen drawer will do the job just fine. If you find a flashlight/torch that's too dim, try replacing the batteries -- they may just be old. Cut out a piece to cover the front of the torch, adhering with transparent tape. Cover just the lens of the flashlight. You don't want the cellophane to show through to the base. Steal some from your dad's printer tray if need be -- doubt he'll miss three pieces of paper in the long run. A4 or A3 paper both work. As long as it's clean and white, the force will be with you. On the underside of the paper, double over tape (or use the double-sided kind) all along the edges of the flashlight's base -- you don't want the tape to be visible. If there is overlap, you may want to cut the paper to size. You want the light to emit evenly on all sides. Attach it to the end of the first piece of paper, overlapping minimally. Use the same taping method, adhering the tape on the inside of the second piece. Continue this process until you think your light saber is long enough. If it gets too long, it may start drooping. Two or three pieces may be your limit. Then, turn on the torch or flashlight, turn off the lights, and have fun!  This paper version won't stand up to actual lightsaber duels. It's more for show and bragging rights than anything. If you've time on your hands, make a light saber hilt out of a paper towel tube and insert your flashlight/torch into it.
A: Find a torch (flashlight) that emits a white light. Decide what color you want your light saber to be and get cellophane of that color. Get a few pieces of clean, white paper. Wrap one piece of paper around the top or the torch or flashlight. Wrap another piece of paper into a roll. Check that it's sitting straight and is firmly taped together.

Q: Before dyeing, wash and dry the fabric as you normally would. This removes any dirt and oil that could keep the dye from penetrating evenly. Newly purchased fabrics may be coated with a finishing spray, so it is especially important to follow through with this step. The finishing sprays used to coat textiles are often chemicals that are often skin-irritants and they could interfere with how the textile fibers absorb the dye. The amount of coffee that you should brew will depend on how dark you would like the fabric to be. Stronger coffee will achieve a darker tint.  If you are looking to create a darker tint with the coffee, use more coffee or use a dark/very strong roast. If you would like a lighter tint, use less coffee or use coffee that is a light or medium roast. As an alternative to preparing several batches of coffee at home, you can use instant coffee or you can purchase brewed coffee from a local store or coffee shop. This could be significantly more expensive, however. Place the pot on the stove and turn the burner to high. The size of the pot will depend on how much fabric you are dyeing. As a rule of thumb, you will need a large enough pot to completely submerge the fabric in water. When the coffee is finished brewing, pour the coffee into the pot with the water. After pouring all of your prepared coffee into the pot, bring the coffee/water to a boil. Turn off the heat as soon as the coffee reaches a full boil. Once you have turned the heat off and the coffee has stopped bubbling, submerge the fabric entirely into the coffee. Stir it around a bit to make sure any air pockets are eliminated. Since the water just stopped boiling, it may be best to use a wooden spoon, so as not to burn yourself or ruin your utensils. The longer your fabric steeps in the coffee, the deeper it will be dyed. You will need to wait about an hour for appreciable, colorfast results, but you can allow a longer steeping time for a deeper tint. Remove the fabric from the coffee dye and rinse it thoroughly under cold water. Do this until the water runs clear, which will indicate that all of the excess dye has been removed.  After rinsing the excess coffee dye, you will be able to accurately tell how dark the fabric has been tinted. If you still want the fabric to be darker after rinsing it, you can steep the fabric again. Once you have achieved the desired tint, prepare a large enough container to hold all of your fabric with cold water and let the fabric soak. You can add vinegar to this cold water bath and let soak for ten minutes to set the dye. When you are finished dyeing the fabric, rinse the pot. The coffee dye may stain the pot if you do not drain and wash it promptly after the dyeing process is complete. Use a delicate cycle in the washing machine with cold water and use a mild detergent. You can then dry the fabric on low in the dryer or hang it up in the shade to dry. The coffee dye described above will not provide a completely colorfast finish since it is a natural dye, which means that the color will fade a bit with each successive wash.
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Wash the fabric beforehand. Brew coffee. Fill a pot with water. Pour brewed coffee into the pot. Bring the mixture to a boil. Add the fabric to the pot. Steep the fabric. Remove and rinse the fabric. Rinse the pot. Wash and dry the fabric gently.