15 Reasons You Should Compost

When I read Rodale’s Organic Gardening in my 20s, it blew my mind to see photos of gardeners standing beside enormous compost-fed plants. I learned we can actually create fertile soil with composted kitchen and garden waste. My gardening experience has borne this out. Here’s why you and everyone you know should do it:

The environment benefits because composting

can replace 27 million tons of municipal solid waste– about 1/2 pound per person per daysignificantly reduces methane emissions caused by organic waste in landfillshelps fight global warmingreduces the impact of wasted foodhelps eliminate landfills and incineratorsremoves CO2 from the atmosphere and stores it in solid or liquid formmeans fewer chemicals wash into waterways where they create toxic algae bloomsmeans less nitrogen oxide that contributes to air pollution and breathing problemsmeans fewer greenhouse gas emissions

You and your garden benefit because composting

promotes higher yieldsreplaces synthetic chemicals in your foodenhances the soil’s water retentionreplenishes soil nutrientshelps prevent topsoil erosionproduces healthier produce



Turn your waste into