[OKC] The Green Lantern: Urban Decay

[Miles, Karen]

the green lantern 


Urban Decay


Is it worth it to compost in the city?


By Nina Shen Rastogi
Posted Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at 7:17 AM ET 

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I live in an apartment in the city with zero outdoor space and don't
have any plants that would benefit from compost. Is there any reason at
all, then, why I should be composting my food scraps? 

In a word: Yes. Let's say you composted all your scraps and then made
the (admittedly sort of strange) decision to throw the resulting compost
in the trash. The planet would still come out ahead. That's because 
composting <http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/rrr/composting/basic.htm>
has two important benefits, aside from creating a nutrient-rich soil
additive. First, the process causes food waste to shrink by about 80
percent as it decomposes. Throw your compost away, then, and you'll
still be reducing the volume of garbage going to your landfill. Second,
proper composting can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from your
trash.

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