Post by Sharon on Nov 19, 2013 16:02:43 GMT -6
Day 1: 11/19/13 3:36PM
Here is my first attempt at composting. What is composting? It's recycling decomposed organic materials and ultimately turns into compost which is rich soil filled with nutrients that can help plants grow.
What do you eat every day? Bananas? Potatoes? Eggs? Do you drink coffee? Do you drink tea? It's Autumn season, do you have bags of leaves in your front yard yet? These things and a whole lot more can be used in composting. They say 35% of the things we throw out can become compost instead most household throw these things away and where do they land? That's right, in our landfills. In Texas alone there are 12 landfills towering 200 ft tall!
I know I am only one of thousands and thousands of household that don't even recycle their cans and bottles of sodas let alone dedicate 3 ft of their backyard to composting organic material to use for fertilizer. ...but perhaps I'm not alone.
Comment on how you are green: what do you recycle and do you compost?
www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/buy_a_bin/
www.texasenvironment.org/landfills.cfm
www.wfaa.com/news/investigates/Dallas-Council-narrowly-passes-trash-flow-control-130741088.html
Here is my first attempt at composting. What is composting? It's recycling decomposed organic materials and ultimately turns into compost which is rich soil filled with nutrients that can help plants grow.
When waste is sent to landfill, air cannot get to the organic waste. Therefore as the waste breaks down it creates a harmful greenhouse gas, methane, which damages the Earth's atmosphere. However, when this same waste is composted above ground at home, oxygen helps the waste to decompose aerobically which means hardly any methane is produced, which is good news for the planet. And what's more, after nine to twelve months, you get a free fertiliser for your garden and plant pots to keep them looking beautiful. - Recyclenow.com
What do you eat every day? Bananas? Potatoes? Eggs? Do you drink coffee? Do you drink tea? It's Autumn season, do you have bags of leaves in your front yard yet? These things and a whole lot more can be used in composting. They say 35% of the things we throw out can become compost instead most household throw these things away and where do they land? That's right, in our landfills. In Texas alone there are 12 landfills towering 200 ft tall!
I know I am only one of thousands and thousands of household that don't even recycle their cans and bottles of sodas let alone dedicate 3 ft of their backyard to composting organic material to use for fertilizer. ...but perhaps I'm not alone.
Comment on how you are green: what do you recycle and do you compost?
www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/buy_a_bin/
www.texasenvironment.org/landfills.cfm
www.wfaa.com/news/investigates/Dallas-Council-narrowly-passes-trash-flow-control-130741088.html