Through our own doing, our environment is sadly dirtied, corrupted, abused, and destroyed.
It inevitable, undeniable, but sad that we need to compromise nature just to keep pace with our ever-complex lives.
Fortunately, we, as citizens of this world, can do something about this by recycling to lessen the impact of environmental abuse.
Recycling means the reprocessing of old, used, and ready-to-throw materials into new products.
The benefits of recycling are immense; it saves space in landfills, reduces energy usage, decreases greenhouse emissions, and lessens air and water pollution.
Many people think that recycling is limited to nonbiodegradable materials, such as plastics, metals, and some composites.
But don't you know that organic or biodegradable materials can also be recycled? Composting is one way of recycling organic materials.
By composting, we can turn leaves, grass clippings, or vegetable and fruit peelings, otherwise kitchen or yard trash that you would gladly place in an incinerator, into compost, which is a very good fertilizer.
The organisms in the soil, such as bacteria and even worms, are responsible in turning this "trash" into useful fertilizer.
Compost can actually do the following:
You could also substitute this with a cut-out home recycling bin.
Place the composting bin or cut-out recycle bin on bare soil, in a place where it is not too windy and full of sunshine.
Once the place is selected, you can now place the ingredients for the compost.
Compost ingredients can consist of organic materials such as the ones mentioned earlier.
Furthermore, other materials such as eggshells, corn cobs, sawdust, and paper can also be used as additional ingredients.
Be careful though since some materials are actually harmful for the compost.
Do not add human or animal waste (they contain parasites), diseased garden plants (they infect the compost), charcoal ashes, glossy paper, and pesticides (these are toxic to the composting microorganisms).
Cover the materials with good, clean soil and mix thoroughly.
Water the compost, but do not drown it.
Every day, mix the materials to let oxygen in.
You would know your compost is working properly if it does not smell bad, if you can see a little steam coming out of it, and if you can see gas bubbles in it.
After a while, maybe a week or two, you will see a dark crumbly material coming out of the bottom of the bin.
If it does not resemble the original trash, if it does not smell bad, and if it is warm, then the compost is ready for use.
It inevitable, undeniable, but sad that we need to compromise nature just to keep pace with our ever-complex lives.
Fortunately, we, as citizens of this world, can do something about this by recycling to lessen the impact of environmental abuse.
Recycling means the reprocessing of old, used, and ready-to-throw materials into new products.
The benefits of recycling are immense; it saves space in landfills, reduces energy usage, decreases greenhouse emissions, and lessens air and water pollution.
Many people think that recycling is limited to nonbiodegradable materials, such as plastics, metals, and some composites.
But don't you know that organic or biodegradable materials can also be recycled? Composting is one way of recycling organic materials.
By composting, we can turn leaves, grass clippings, or vegetable and fruit peelings, otherwise kitchen or yard trash that you would gladly place in an incinerator, into compost, which is a very good fertilizer.
The organisms in the soil, such as bacteria and even worms, are responsible in turning this "trash" into useful fertilizer.
Compost can actually do the following:
- Improve your yard's soil structure and texture
- Increases and improves soil microbe activity
- Enhances the nutrients in the soil
- Develops the soil's chemistry, especially its level of acidity
- Insulates sudden soil temperature around plans and trees
- Enhances the insect- or disease-resistance factor in your plants
- Saves money by having your own natural fertilizer instead of buying ones in a garden supply store
You could also substitute this with a cut-out home recycling bin.
Place the composting bin or cut-out recycle bin on bare soil, in a place where it is not too windy and full of sunshine.
Once the place is selected, you can now place the ingredients for the compost.
Compost ingredients can consist of organic materials such as the ones mentioned earlier.
Furthermore, other materials such as eggshells, corn cobs, sawdust, and paper can also be used as additional ingredients.
Be careful though since some materials are actually harmful for the compost.
Do not add human or animal waste (they contain parasites), diseased garden plants (they infect the compost), charcoal ashes, glossy paper, and pesticides (these are toxic to the composting microorganisms).
Cover the materials with good, clean soil and mix thoroughly.
Water the compost, but do not drown it.
Every day, mix the materials to let oxygen in.
You would know your compost is working properly if it does not smell bad, if you can see a little steam coming out of it, and if you can see gas bubbles in it.
After a while, maybe a week or two, you will see a dark crumbly material coming out of the bottom of the bin.
If it does not resemble the original trash, if it does not smell bad, and if it is warm, then the compost is ready for use.
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