Care to Compost?

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Have you ever thought about recycling food waste? Studies show that more than 72% of all materials entering landfills can be diverted through composting. You may ask... What's composting? Composting is the natural process of decomposition and recycling of organic material into a rich soil that can be used as fertilizer to grow crops. Environmental benefits of composting include protecting groundwater quality, minimizing odors from agricultural areas, avoiding methane production in landfills, preventing erosion, facilitating reforestation and drastically reducing the need for pesticide use. Agricultural benefits include increasing yield and crop size, reducing water requirements and irrigation, adding organic matter to regenerate poor soils, and suppressing certain plant diseases/parasites. How Can You Participate? You can start your own compost pile at home TODAY for FREE. All you needed are these four things: carbon-rich materials (dry leaves, plant stalks or twigs), nitrogen-rich materials (grass clippings and food scrapes), moisture (water), and air (oxygen). Add to a pile in your backyard and let nature run its course. What To Do With Compost? Compost can either be used as soil in your at-home garden or sold to farmers for income. What Can Be Composted? Fruit and vegetable scraps, stale or moldy bread, alcohol, old spices/herbs, coffee grounds, paper coffee filters, tea/teabags, egg shells, nuts/shells, plant/yard trimmings, dead plants/flowers, and MORE!!! What Cannot Be Composted? Meat, fish and bones, eggs and dairy products, cigarette butts, store-bought soaps and shampoos, pet waste, glossy magazines, colored paper, baked goods, cooked grains, rice and pasta, and used personal hygiene products. Interested in starting your own compost pile to help save the environment and reduce your carbon footprint? Visit the resources listed below to learn more! -G.G Sources: https://www.epa.gov/recycle/composting-home https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=B1189&title=food-waste-composting-institutional-and-industrial-application#:~:text=What%20Can%20Be%20Composted%3F,garden%2C%20it%20can%20be%20composted. https://nationswell.com/71-items-you-can-put-in-compost-pile/

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  1. Olivia BeachyFebruary 19, 2023 at 9:29 AM

    This is awesome -- I've always thought about composting but it seemed complicated. This makes it sound so easy!

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