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 ...

Rotate the melon as you go. Trim away the remaining bits of white rind (they're largely flavorless). If you'd like to make watermelon rind pickles, save the large pieces; otherwise, compost it.

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.

The most popular part of the watermelon is the pink flesh, but like its cousin, the cucumber, the whole thing is edible. This includes the green scraps that usually end up in the compost bin.

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 ...