Benefits of Composting
It’s not out of sheer coincidence alone that we’re seeing an upturn in composting, especially home composting. Waste in general is a huge problem, with landfills filling up and materials lasting centuries long, we have more trash than we can imagine. But home composting allows us, citizens of the world, children of Mother Earth to at least alleviate this problem by diverting home, organic trash in the comforts of our own home. So what else is composting good for? Let us count the ways:
Reduces household waste by transforming organic matter into compost. Compost on it’s own is a great soil fertilizer ensuring a healthy garden and root systems, it can even be used for your indoor plants! Saves you $$$ in soil purchases.
Diverts waste from landfills. Less waste in landfills mean less carbon and methane emissions that traps hot air into our environment. Global warming, now turned boiling is a real thing. We know you feel the heat too. Not so fun fact - landfills are the third-largest source of human-generated methane emissions in the United States.
Conserves water. Especially with this heat and drought, on an agricultural scale, compost is known to hold more water when used vs. regular soil, as much as 20,000 gallons of water per acre to be exact!
Healthier crops and product. Because it is made out of organic matter it contains a multitude of vitamins and minerals, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, zinc and so much more, all of which are essential to healthy crops eliminating the need to use any chemical or synthetic fertilizers.
Mindfulness of our own personal waste. Trust us, you’ll never realize how much items you “throw away” in your trash until you start segregating and composting.
Still uncertain about starting your home or garden composting journey? We get it and hopefully we can help change your mind. But for now, the easiest way to help is to choose home compostable products over your conventional plastic products. Nata Home Compostable Zip Bags are complete zero-waste! Apart from it’s home compostability, literally can use and throw into your garden or backyard, it’s packaging is made out of recycled wildflower seed paper. Who would not want flower fields instead of landfills?
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Source:
https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/composting
https://www.usda.gov/peoples-garden/food-access-food-waste/composting
