Composting - Why is it such a big deal?

Composting is important for many reasons!

Climate action

Soil resiliency

Carbon sequestration

Kai!

The Government recently consulted on "transforming recycling". One of the primary outcomes is getting food waste out of our general household rubbish, as it is super important to divert organic waste from landfills. Food waste is composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen along with some other elements. When food waste ends up in landfills - it is buried. Here, microorganisms begin to break it down during a process known as anaerobic digestion; a kind of digestion that does not require oxygen. As a byproduct of this process, greenhouse gases (methane, carbon dioxide) are produced. If these gases are not captured they are released into the atmosphere. This is bad news!