• Compost is a gardener’s gold: high in nutrients (nitrogen-based); highly absorbent (thus, less irrigation); and organic (so doesn't contaminate drinking water like chemical fertiliers)
• Compost offers "closed loop" sustainability: from table, to compost, to garden vegetables, back to the table.
• Home composting offers a hands-on sense of ownership - make your own
• Compost is the most efficient type of recycling: it does not involve chemicals, huge amounts of power, or diesel trucks (as do other types of recycling)
Food Waste:
• Food and paper are the two largest contributors to landfill, and make up more than half of all landfill waste - more than all plastics, diapers, Styrofoam, and tires, COMBINED. [source: US EPA]
• Food and paper are biodegradable in nature but not in landfills, due to lack of OXYGEN being buried deep and saturated with water. Landfills EMBALM food and paper for many years. Lacking oxygen, the only real decomposition is anaerobic which produces the horrible greenhouse gas:methane.
• Food is the #1 LEAST recycled material [US EPA]
