Composting your food and yard waste is a twofer: It can give you rich fertilizer
for your
plants if you compost at home, and it can reduce your contribution
to landfills and the transportation-related energy costs. Communities, cities, schools,
and even airports are implementing
aspects of composting like worm bins to encourage
the removal of food and yard waste from our solid waste stream—as well as reducing resource
costs during rough economic times. Get in on the action by composting at home!
It's
easiest to compost if programs exist where you live and food scraps are
accepted in your yard waste bin. If not, you can still
compost biodegradable kitchen
scraps at home (check out this
list of what you should and
shouldn't compost). Put food scraps (no meat or dairy) in an appropriate lidded
container in your kitchen, deck, or backyard and add a little sun and water, advises
Planet Green. (It doesn't necessarily
have to stink, either.) Get kids involved with these
tips for composting, then sit back and let bacteria
do the work for you.