WHERE DOES THE MATERIAL GO
That I put into the...
ORGANICS/
GREEN
CART?
Organic materials collected from the green carts will be delivered to Republic Services' state of the art composting facility in North Richmond. The materials are placed into long rows called windrows, where the material is aerated, watered and monitored to ensure optimal composting conditions. The material breaks down naturally into a nutrient rich soil amendment which is sold to farmers and landscapers.
Food scraps can be transformed into a nutrient rich soil enhancement called compost. Compost can be added back into the soil to help grow fruits, vegetables and other plants, which is a fine example of taking something that is commonly thrown away and making it into a renewable resource.
What is Composting and Why Do It? Basic Recipe for Composting Composting is the controlled decomposition of Composting is a lot like cooking, and the easiest compost recipe organic material such as leaves, twigs, grass calls for blending roughly equal parts of green or wet material clippings, and vegetable food waste. Compost is (which is high in nitrogen) and brown or dry material (which is high a soil amendment product that results from in carbon). Simply layer or mix these materials in a pile or composting. enclosure; chop or shred large pieces to 12" or shorter. Water and Whether it's done on site, at the point of waste fluff to add air. Then leave it to the microorganisms which will break down the material over time.
generation, or at a large scale facility,
composting helps to keep the high volume of Once the materials break down into compost that is ready to be organic material out of landfills and turns it into harvested, it will look like a rich, dark soil with an earthy smell. Mix a useful product. On site composting reduces this with your gardening soil for a potent fertilizer, your plants will the cost of hauling materials and is generally thank you! exempted from solid waste regulations. Large
scale facilities can handle more material and
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