Why produce backyard compost in Mecklenburg County?
Home composting is an environmentally friendly and economically wise way to help solve the problem of what to do with some of the yard waste. With a little knowledge and planning, techniques like composting and mulching actually take less time, effort and money than dragging those bulging plastic bags to the curb. Not only that, but home composting can utilize kitchen scraps as well as leaves and trimmings. The end result is its own reward, compost, pure “garden gold” for your flowers, vegetables and landscape plants. According to The Composting Council, organic compost able materials make up two-thirds of the “waste stream” in the US. By composting at home, you redirect some of these materials back to their natural purpose of restoring life to the soil in your garden and lawn. Making compost also saves you money. The cost of making each batch of backyard compost amounts to less than $5 on the average, and some composters spend nothing. In return, you get 10 cubic feet of rich compost,
