compost

Composting is an easy solution that eliminates environmental waste while bringing many benefits to us and the environment. By using compost, it improves our plant growth by enriching the soil from which nutrients are extracted. It helps us avoid buying soil conditioners like peat, bark covered and bagged fertilizer. Composting also keeps moisture and loosens heavy clay on the soil while improving the ability to add essential nutrients. Not only will it benefit us, but our involvement in composting is also good for the environment.

A really good way to really get into household composting is to understand the value of finished compost. You may have heard that composting is one of the simple and economical ways to help the environment and compost, which may be a miracle for your plants and herbs. But what exactly is it related to? How is composting good for the environment? What are the advantages of composting at home? In this section you will find answers to these questions. Composting is an effective way to reduce methane (CH4) and other powerful greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Some people think that these materials are biodegradable, so even if you throw trash or paper materials into landfill, they are harmless. In fact, when these substances are broken down at the landfill, they erode anaerobically (without oxygen) and emit greenhouse gases, especially methane. A large amount of methane gas in the atmosphere of the earth is known to contribute to global warming.

Traditional (aerobic) compost, even if done properly, inherently generates carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases, knowing that it could also produce methane and nitrous oxide You need to. This is when composting is properly composted. In other words, the ratio of carbon to nitrogen in the compost is about 30: 1, maintaining an appropriate moisture content, and periodically expanding the heap to effectively compost the organic matter.

Composting is a way to promote the biodegradation process. Properly maintained compost pile creates ideal conditions for microorganisms involved in degradation. Biodegradable materials can be compostable - composting promotes material decomposition, but the basic process does not change. However, not everything advertised as compost is biodegradable under normal conditions. For example, bioplastics PLA can be compostable: Under industrial composting conditions, it easily decomposes into CO2 and biomass. However, under non-composted conditions, PLA functions in the same way as other plastics and it takes the same decomposition time.