Did you know?
August 30, 2009
I’m going to use this post to add a collection of facts as I find them out. It’ll be updated whenever I find a new one, so check back from time to time 
Did you know?
Food scraps that are thrown in the bin are compacted, removing the air that would otherwise help break them down? Then they’re added to the mountains of non-organic rubbish at the tip where, instead of composting, they break down at a much slower rate and release dangerous methane into the air.
If these same food scraps were composted properly, they would break down faster and return valuable nutrients to the soil, which would feed new plant life.
What to do about it? A few friends over at Aussies Living Simply gave me a few tips about getting a small worm farm (the lil dudes can even digest toilet paper rolls and shredded newspapers) or just burying a few scraps into the garden and letting the worms and plants have at them, but one thing I’d like to try is by making this super cheap and smell free kitchen compost bin that you can just keep under your sink. Check it out here.
