Composting is a cheap, natural process that transforms your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable nutrient for your garden. It’s easy to make and use.
Composting reduces the amount of waste sent to landfill. Even for households that are already composting, new research has found that almost half of the food waste in their rubbish bins could have been put in the compost bin.
An interesting fact: composting at home for just one year can save global warming gases equivalent to all the carbon dioxide your kettle produces annually, or your washing machine produces in three months.
Some people think: “Why do I need to compost when my waste will break down in landfill anyway?”
When waste is sent to landfill, air cannot get to the organic waste. As the waste decomposes, it forms methane, a harmful greenhouse gas, which damages the Earth’s atmosphere. However, when this same waste is composted above ground at home, oxygen helps the waste to decompose aerobically. This means no methane is produced, reducing global warming.
As a bonus, after nine to twelve months, you get a free fertiliser for your garden to keep it looking beautiful.
Compost is a food product, rich in nutrients, for your garden. It helps improve soil structure, maintains moisture levels, and keeps your soil’s PH balance in check. This also helps to stop plant disease.
Compost will have everything your plants need including nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. It will help buffer soils that are very acidic or alkaline.
Your plants and flowers will love your home-made compost!
