Compost vs Landfill

Top 7 benefits of home composting vs. sending your organic waste to landfills

There are so many benefits to composting food waste at home. It is super simple to take your organic waste and turn it into nutrient-rich fertilizer for your plants. Here are 6 benefits

1. Makes soil healthier: Adding compost to your soil helps add beneficial nutrients and improves soil structure. Healthier soil means larger, healthier plants.
2. Lessen methane emissions: Because composting produces mostly carbon dioxide, it results in less methane production. This means you are reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
3. Keeps waste out of landfills: We send a lot of organic waste to landfill each year. Instead of sending all of that organic waste to the landfill site, get a compost bin and start making nutrient-rich fertilizer for your plants.
4. Creates a more sustainable system: By composting, you are creating a closed-loop system. You can turn your food waste into food for your plants, which in turn can provide you with more food.
5. Feeds your plants: Compost is often referred to as black gold, and for good reason. It is full of nutrients that your plants need to grow large and healthy.
6. Creates awareness of food waste: When you are collecting your food scraps to add to your compost, you become very aware of how much food waste you are creating. You can then make adjustments to your grocery bill to lessen your waste.
7. Saves you money: Composting at home can save you money not only on fertilizer for your plants but at the grocery store. If you are more aware of wasted food, you can avoid wasting your money on foods you are just tossing out.

https://www.epa.gov/recycle/composting-home