Posted by admin | Posted in EC Update | Posted on 10-12-2014
- Over 60 percent of what we put in our landfills is organic waste, such as kitchen scraps, which could be composted.(Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences)
- Compost improves soil, adds important nutrients for plants, and reduces the need for expensive commercial fertilizers. (Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences)
- The average US Household generates 650 lbs. of compostable materials each year. (Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences)
- Some diapers can be composted.
- Composting can clean contaminated soil.
- Compost helps fight plant diseases.
- Compost can discourage the presence of insects, allowing for less use of pesticide.
- It takes two to six months, on average, for things in the compost to decompose.
