Compost is nature’s version of recycling. When you compost, the organic waste decomposes and transforms your leftovers into a soil-like pile known as humus (pronounced hue-mous). Leftover food, leaves, paper, grass clippings, and wood are some examples of organic materials, which should be composted.
It is estimated that around 50% of the total waste stream could be composted. Composting reduces the amount of garbage sent to landfills, and it produces valuable soil, which is capable of improving the fertility and texture of regular soil.
The process uses micro-organisms like fungi and bacteria to break down the organic waste. You dump it in, and they do the rest.
You could use this rich soil yourself in your own garden. If you do not have one then you should just toss it in the green bin for someone else to eventually use. Just because you can’t use it yourself, that does not make it right to just toss your organics into the garbage.
I keep a bucket under my sink and I dump it every few days. There is very little effort required. There is no reason you cannot do the same. Be a star… make friends with fungi and micro-organisms.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Kat // Oct 7, 2007 at 1:54 am
Hi, this site is awesome. I was hoping to find a resourseful site such as this. I thought I should mention that within this post about compost, the second through fifth paragraph starts with some sort of computer mumbo jumbo consisting of dashes and parentheses and exclamation points that I think is supposed to be legible text?? Thanks for informing the masses!
2 admin // Oct 12, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Thanks for the comment. I know just what you are talking about with the mumbo jumbo.. I assume you are using internet explorer. My sites do not seem to like that icky browser. <3 Firefox
3 Kat // Oct 17, 2007 at 11:53 pm
you are correct, sir. so explorer is icky, and firefox is good? i’m no computer whiz, so if you get the chance, could you further explain? thanks!
4 admin // Oct 18, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Firefox is highly recommended. 90 to 95% of my traffic comes from firefox.. so I’m pretty sure it has caught on. It’s a safer browser and you hardly see a pop up. It is good stuff.
5 greg // Jan 13, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I have been composting now for three years and am very pleased with the results. I have a short summer but compost is added to the pile all winter long and seems to kick in every spring and the pile has very little smell. I compost only vegetable matter and every year the voles make a litter in y compost pile so they seem to like it as well. Greg
6 inhalte // Jul 14, 2008 at 1:13 pm
great website. i like it.
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