Foods for Composting
What Is a Composting Food?
As much as three-quarters of the food scraps your household produces may be compostable (see References 2). Most garden enthusiasts know that grass clippings and raked leaves combine to make the black gold known as compost, which improves the texture and fertility of garden soil. Yet composters also need to know the foods that make for a thriving compost pile and which ones turn that prized pile into a smelly, slimy ...
List of Foods That Can Be Composted
During the composting process, materials from plant and animal sources break down, with the help of soil microbes, into a organic matter that will provide nutrients and improve soil structure in your garden. In addition to benefits for your soil, however, composting also helps you to reduce the amount of waste generated in your household. Food scraps are one "garbage" item sent to the curb in many households that ...
How to Dissolve or Break Down a Plastic Bag
Plastic bags are tough. Supermarket bags are engineered to hold a leaky gallon of milk or bleach without getting your car's upholstery wet, hold your canned goods together on a sunlit back seat in the summer time, and even allow you a couple additional uses after you get them home. What they don't do very readily is dissolve. That's why there are a growing number of bags that are labeled "biodegradable" or ...
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Compostable Food Containers
The food-service industry increasingly uses biodegradable food containers, such as plates, bowls, cutlery, cups and lids, for "to-go" orders (see References 4). Environmentally conscientious consumers can purchase similar items for home use, along with food-storage and trash bags, at many retailers (see References 6). According to the Environmental Protection Agency, composting biodegradable food containers counts as effective recycling (see References 5). However, when you throw these products in the landfill-bound trash, you negate any environmental advantage over their non-biodegradable equivalents (see References 1).
