GoodHumans Guidelines:Compost kitchen scraps, leaves and yard clippings.

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Compost kitchen scraps, leaves and yard clippings.

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Created by: brent on 2000-02-15 15:02:07
Last modified by: brent on 2000-02-15 15:08:32

Summary: Leaves, yard clippings and kitchen scraps can be composted, reducing landfill glut, and producing, rich organic gardening fertilizer.

Author's statement:

	Households produce an enormous amount of trash that is
transported to landfills or incineration systems. With
consumerism on the upswing and residential waste cramming
landfills faster than we can find neighborhoods that want
them, anything that can reduce household trash production is
a boon to the health of the environment. 
	Waste incineration produces harmful air pollution,
creating acid rain; composting the waste one produces reduces
this.
	When one composts one's biodegradable kitchen and yard
scraps, one produces rich organic fertilizer for gardening
or yard maintenance.

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0 points - I trash all of my household waste.	5 points - I litter apple cores and banana and orange peels in landscaping.	50 points - I let the leaves fall and biodegrade on the ground.
75 points - I compost kitchen scraps but I don't use the compost for anything.	90 points - I save my yard scraps for a community compost.	100 points - I compost everything I can and use it as soil fertilizer.