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Composting At Home | US EPA Home Composting Resources (Institute for Local Self Reliance): This website provides many useful resources including home composting basics, training, videos of workshops, webinars, infographics, posters, and resources in Spanish
Preventing Wasted Food At Home - US EPA It is designed to be used by governments and NGOs to help people reduce wasted food in the home The toolkit includes a planning process that uses social marketing principles to ensure communities are tailoring campaigns to their individual needs
Composting - US EPA This page describes composting – what it is, how it happens, the environmental benefits and legal basics – and provides links to other EPA composting webpages and external resources
How to Create and Maintain an Indoor Worm Composting Bin Once all the worms are on one side, harvest the compost on the other side and use it in pots, your garden, or sprinkle it across your yard You can also scoop compost and worms onto a newspaper and sort them out, but this is a bit messier
Benefits of Using Compost | US EPA Composting at Home – learn about different ways to start composting at home Approaches to Composting – learn about different models and methods of composting, as well as some basic composting science
Educating Youth About Wasted Food - US EPA The knowledge and skills needed for properly composting is different than acquiring knowledge and skills on preventing food waste in the first place The following resources can be used to engage with youth on the basics of composting, either at home or at school:
Reducing Waste: What You Can Do | US EPA Use food scraps, yard trimmings, and other organic wastes to create a compost pile Adding the compost you make to soil increases water retention, decreases erosion, and keeps organic materials out of landfills
What You Can Do to Reduce Plastic Waste | US EPA If your community does not have a composting pick-up program that accepts compostable plastic, contact your garbage and recycling company or local government to find out if there are any drop-off locations for your compostable plastic items
Approaches to Composting | US EPA Home composting systems mostly handle food scraps (except for meat, bones, and dairy products) and yard trimmings By composting at home, households reduce their trash going to the landfill or incinerator and use the compost they produce in their garden, yard, or house plants