Composting – Why and How
Composting is nature’s way of recycling with benefits for our community and environment. By composting, one feeds the soil without using chemical fertilizers, helps keep food waste out of landfills (food scraps and yard waste make up to 30% of what is thrown away), reduces greenhouse gas emissions, helps conserve water by building healthy soils and expand the soil’s ability to store carbon. The finished compost can be used in one’s garden to recycle nutrients back into the soil and reduce the need for fertilizers and pesticides.
Resources are available to get you started be it with home composting, a curbside pick-up and/or dropping off at designated locations. The WFC is sincerely grateful to the Master Gardener Program of the URI Cooperative Extension of the Agriculture and Food System Fellows Program and Produce Safety for the following materials.
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