Compost Toter Goodness
Methane and less soil available or compost for more broccoli?
Solvita Compost Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD8O_TRN6bY This is quite a handy test... I'll be grabbing some of these soon when my first bin finishes curing in a few months...
Why Compost When I Can Landfill It?
Obviously I'm joking about the title, but people often forget that one of the main benefits of composting relates to greenhouse gas reduction. How? You may have wondered about this before...I know I did. Why would throwing food scraps in my backyard pile be any different than in a landfill? It all started today when I was reading a document about waste treatment methods (my other favorite topic) and I noticed a parallel with composting. It was comparing the global warming potential of carbon dioxide alongside methane. When waste is incinerated, it creates carbon dioxide amongst many other toxins that are conveniently ignored, although they include lead, mercury, dioxin, furans, and hydrochloric acid amongst others. Carbon dioxide (CO2) has a global warming potential of 1.0. On the other hand, landfilling…