For optimal freshness, make sure to store your watermelon in a covered container during this period, and keep it in the fridge. Most people toss the rind in the trash or compost because it's seen ...

Forlorn, forgotten, and destined for the trash can or (if they're lucky) the backyard compost pile, the rinds of watermelon ...

Also, be sure to thoroughly wash the outside of the watermelon before slicing into it. If you end up with a foaming melon, carefully remove it from your house and discard or compost it.

By Priya Krishna For 18 years, Paul Campbell has been lugging 300-pound bins filled with watermelon rinds, coconut shells and other compost onto a truck in the dead of the night. As a sanitation ...