Compost food scraps.

Meaning: You should compost food scraps so that they can be turned into a natural fertilizer for your plants.

Choice of Words: Compost means to decompose organic matter, such as food scraps, into a nutrient-rich soil amendment. Food is what you eat to live. Scraps are small pieces of leftover food.

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Put food scraps in the compost bin.

Meaning: This means to take food scraps and place them in a special container or bin where they can break down and turn into soil that can help plants grow.

Choice of Words: Put is a verb that means to place or move something to a specific location. Food scraps are the leftover pieces of food that you don't eat, like peels, stems, and rinds. Compost bin is a container or bin where food scraps are placed to break down and turn into soil. When you put food scraps in the compost bin, you're helping to recycle them and create something useful for your garden.

Add food scraps to the compost pile.

Meaning: This means to take food scraps and put them on a pile of other organic materials, like leaves and grass clippings, where they can break down and turn into soil that can help plants grow.

Choice of Words: Add is a verb that means to put something to something else. Food scraps are the leftover pieces of food that you don't eat, like peels, stems, and rinds. Compost pile is a heap of organic materials, such as food scraps, that are breaking down and turning into soil. When you add food scraps to the compost pile, you're helping to recycle them and create something useful for your garden.

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