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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=department1><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>the green lantern</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Urban
Decay<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h2><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Is it
worth it to compost in the city?<o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=author1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>By Nina Shen Rastogi</span></font></span><font size=2
color="#cc0000"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#CC0000'><br>
<span class=dateline1><font color="#cc0000">Posted Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at
7:17 AM ET </font></span></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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? </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <a
href="http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/rrr/composting/basic.htm"
target="_blank">composting</a> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=ask.the.lantern@gmail.com"
target="_blank"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none'>Article </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>continues at </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>URL: </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><u><font
color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC'>http://www.slate.com/id/2257025/</span></font></u></span></font></a></span></font></b></strong><span
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