Compost Day 3

Food scraps in landfills generate methane, a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 84x more potent than CO₂ in the short term, but when converted into compost and applied to the land compost traps carbon.

One research project found that ½ inch of compost applied to rangeland sequestered the equivalent of 1 metric  ton of CO₂e/hectare over three years. That is pretty amazing. Every little bit counts.

Do you know what is compostable? We’d love to hear your out-of-the-box compostable items in the comments section below.