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You don’t have to be a gardener or have a green thumb to start composting. The benefits of composting go beyond your garden. Composting reduces landfill waste, and we create a whole lot of it – over 260 million tons per year! Every day in America, we waste enough food to fill a 90,000-seat football stadium. It’s less food for us and more damage to our environment.
Composting is a great way to offset what we send to our landfills. Not only do we get nutrient-rich soil with our compost, but we’re also reducing our carbon footprint at the same time!
While you might have heard some rumors that composting may smell or attract bugs, that’s simply untrue when you learn the basic dos and don’ts. Follow these easy tips to get your compost off on the right track.
Tips adapted from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Begin with a shady spot in your garden or yard to build your mixed compost pile of browns and greens.
Learning the right foods to compost is key! These foods breakdown and create a healthy soil environment to build beneficial bacteria. The no-no foods throw off the soil balance and create odors and attract unwanted pests.
While composting is one way to reduce food waste, here are some other green solutions you might consider!
Strawberry Chia Summer Smoothie
Food saver tip: Throw the whole strawberry in with the tops.
Carrot Turmeric Ginger Smoothie
Food saver tip: Keep the peels on the carrots for an extra boost of fiber and antioxidants.
Food saver tip: Instead of throwing away your carrot tops, turn these nutrient-packed greens into a delicious pesto! Simply swap out the parsley, and you won’t even know the difference.
No matter where you live, there’s a greener solution for your food waste. Give it a try with these tasty recipes!
Sherene Chou
Sherene is a culinary-trained Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for NutriBullet focused on making delicious plant-based eats sustainable and accessible for all. She believes that food cultures and traditions should be celebrated and incorporated as part of living a happy and healthy life. When she’s not learning about a new ingredient or food at her local farmers market, you can find Sherene teaching food justice and culinary nutrition to health professionals nationwide.