Here's some facts about composting
- New Zealander throw away 122,547 tonnes of food a year (that is 122,547 x 1000 kilograms)
- That is 213 jumbo jet of food that has to go somewhere to rot, instead of being eaten. All of this food is worth about 5872 million each year.
- Burning rubbish is bad for your your health and also your environment as you grow older, you become more sincere. As grow up you will not be able to do thing that you will get asked to do from anyone. This is why I think that you shouldn't burn your rubbish.
- We can compost anything if it can biodegrade - {rot}. We call this Organic Waste.
- When organic waste like food or plants start to break down in the landfill a polluted liquid is produced called LEACHATE. This is often toxic.
- Our rubbish gets buried in a landfill, this is a big hole in the ground, so if we put our food in the bin this is where it ends up
- Composting puts important nutrients back into the soil. The nutrients help us to grow healthy plant, fruits and vegetables which makes us healthy too.
- Compost recipe!
Brown + greens + air + Water = Compost
- Types of compost
Yard trimmings.
Food wastes.
Leaves.
Manure (cow, horse, sheep, poultry)
Mushroom compost.
Vermicomposting
- Worm Facts:
They have five hearts
They breathe from their skin
There slimy
Hermaphrodite
They eat heaps but they have no teeth or tongue
Eat own body weight
- 11.3% of the world's population is hungry. That's roughly 805 million people who go undernourished on a daily basis, consuming less than the recommended 2,100 calories a day.
Why Compost?
- Reduce your rubbish and save money
- Make great soil for your gardens
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
All excellent reasons to compost
Stuff that worms like
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stuff that worms don’t like
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fruit
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Glossy paper
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Sheriedade paper
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Oranges
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crushed/shell eggs in the ground
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Lemons
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Manure
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Garlic
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Food Scraps
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chilli
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Cardboard
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Onions
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