Transcript Composting and Using Compost

Composting and Using
Compost
What is Compost?
• Compost is the name of a soil that is produced from
organic waste.
• Compost is produced when organic waste rots in a
compost bin.
• Small insects enter the compost and help to break
down the waste.
What is organic waste?
• Things that grow naturally in our environment.
Is composting a type of
recycling?
• Composting is a way of recycling raw fruit and
vegetable peelings that we would otherwise throw
away.
Why is it good to compost?
• Food waste takes up most of the space in our bins
and this gets buried in a landfill site.
• Composting is a good way of reducing the amount of
food waste that we send to landfill.
• When food waste rots in landfill it produces a harmful
gas called methane, which is contributing to climate
change.
What goes in a compost
bin?
- Raw fruit and vegetable peelings
-
teabags
- cardboard egg boxes
- twigs and leaves
What should we keep out of
the compost bin?
- Any cooked food
- meat
- dairy products
- glossy magazines
- cat litter
- metal
- weeds
How is compost made?
Mix your greens and browns
• Greens
Fruit and vegetable peelings and scraps, teabags, leaves, grass
clippings, old flowers but not weeds.
• Browns
dry twigs and leaves, egg shells, cardboard, paper (shredded or
scrunched up), pencil shavings, toilet roll tubes, straw.
What kinds of animals live
in a compost bin?
How long does it take?
Q. How long does it take before your compost bins
starts to produce compost that can be used?
A. Nine to twelve months.
What is in your compost?
In your groups, use your magnifying glass and
tweezers to see what you can find.
Mini beasts
Eggshell
Leaves
Twigs