July's SurTHRIVEal Tip

Worm Composting Bins

Worm Bins will be available on Friday, July 30th at the LAC LA BICHE STREET FESTIVAL!

Why compost?

1. Long used in subsistence farming and home gardening for creating garden-ready soil, composting is becoming increasingly important and better understood as a tool for reducing municipal solid waste,^[5] and reducing the amount of green waste going into landfills.
2. The decomposition of organic material sent to landfills is a principal cause of methane, an important greenhouse gas, making reduction of organic waste being landfilled a key element in the fight against climate change.
3. In general, net greenhouse gas emissions for landfills tend to be higher than that for composting facilities.^[6]
4. In suburban and rural areas, much of the organic waste could be removed from the waste stream by promoting home composting, where consumers compost their yard waste and kitchen scraps on their own land, regardless of whether the material is ever actively re-used as “soil”.^[7]
5. In urban areas with dwellings predominantly lacking individual yard space, there are indoor small scale composting alternatives, such as vermicomposting and bokashi composting.^[8]

LAC LA BICHE STREET FESTIVAL: JULY 30th - Check out the 'LIVE LIFE BETTER' booth and get your worm bins!

LEARN MORE ABOUT COMPOSTING!

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