CompostBoro Gets You Composting Without
The Hassles And All The Benefits
Compost heaps can smell bad.
Nobody wants a unsightly heaping big pile of decomposing plant material in their yard. Constant turning it over to get the composted soil from the bottom. Heat generated by the decomposing material can attract snakes Kitchen scraps attract skunks and all manner of vermin in the night. Require a significant up-front investment. Having to manage runoff and leakage. It’s a whole lot of work.
Reasons people don't compost
They are smelly. They look bad when done at home But I don’t have a garden It’s not my job (I pay taxes) I do not have the time I have tried. It didn’t work I live in an apartment |
Financial & Convenience Benefits:
Saves money by reducing trash bag costs Greatly reduces trash volume & eliminates trash odor Keeps trash easier to carry Never buy potting soil again Environmental Benefits: Shows others in your neighborhood that composting is important Reduces landfills Compost increases soil fertility, cleans water bodies, reduces storm water run-off, Compost increases nutrition of food grown in compost. Compost improves air quality by reducing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide Compost helps clean up contaminated soil. Smells and Pests
Please remember, with the exception of households using garbage disposals, it’s not creating any new waste. It is simply a matter of moving contents to a sealed bin. Smells and pests should be of no greater concern than they were before curbside composting. |
Compost vs Garbage Disposals vs Landfills
Diverting food and yard waste from a landfill directly decreases global warming by produce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide and leach toxic chemicals into our air and drinking water.
By composting, you can eliminate another 25% of what's currently in your trash. Food decomposes by itself in nature. However, it is one of the largest components in landfills, accounting for nearly 50% of all municipal solid waste. There is more food in landfills than diapers, styrofoam, and tires — combined.
Compost can reduce soil erosion, prevent storm water runoff, and replenish exhausted farm soils by replacing trace minerals and
organic material, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers. Composting, instead of wasting, gets us closer to the things we all really want and need—healthy food, abundant resources, clean air and water, safe and reliable products, and healthy families and communities. It is also helpful to remember that, with the exception of households using garbage disposals, no new materials are being added to waste bins. It is simply a matter of moving contents to a separate bin.
Garbage disposals are not necessarily bad, so if you want to keep using yours you can do so. However, use the organics bucket for things that you can't put in the disposal - banana peels, watermelon rinds, lettuce, napkins, pizza boxes, and tissues, etc. And if you were going to ask whether composting is better, I'd say yes, food waste adds undesirable nutrients to wastewater, requiring costly treatment to remove them. In other words: better not to dirty the water, turn it into valuable dirt, instead.
Landfill costs are skyrocketing, which means higher fees (or taxes) for everyone. The organic nutrients present in food and paper waste are removed from the food chain, requiring gardeners and farmers to instead rely on chemical fertilizers to replenish their soil. Items that go down your Garbage disposal and are too large to go through the water treatment screens still go to the landfill.
By composting, you can eliminate another 25% of what's currently in your trash. Food decomposes by itself in nature. However, it is one of the largest components in landfills, accounting for nearly 50% of all municipal solid waste. There is more food in landfills than diapers, styrofoam, and tires — combined.
Compost can reduce soil erosion, prevent storm water runoff, and replenish exhausted farm soils by replacing trace minerals and
organic material, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers. Composting, instead of wasting, gets us closer to the things we all really want and need—healthy food, abundant resources, clean air and water, safe and reliable products, and healthy families and communities. It is also helpful to remember that, with the exception of households using garbage disposals, no new materials are being added to waste bins. It is simply a matter of moving contents to a separate bin.
Garbage disposals are not necessarily bad, so if you want to keep using yours you can do so. However, use the organics bucket for things that you can't put in the disposal - banana peels, watermelon rinds, lettuce, napkins, pizza boxes, and tissues, etc. And if you were going to ask whether composting is better, I'd say yes, food waste adds undesirable nutrients to wastewater, requiring costly treatment to remove them. In other words: better not to dirty the water, turn it into valuable dirt, instead.
Landfill costs are skyrocketing, which means higher fees (or taxes) for everyone. The organic nutrients present in food and paper waste are removed from the food chain, requiring gardeners and farmers to instead rely on chemical fertilizers to replenish their soil. Items that go down your Garbage disposal and are too large to go through the water treatment screens still go to the landfill.