[header] How to compost [title] Decide how kitchen scraps will be used. [step] Before you start collecting your kitchen scraps, you need to know if you will be using them for a personal compost bin or if they will be going to a municipal composting program. Making this distinction is important because you can compost more food items in a municipal composting program than you can at home.
[header] How to compost [title] Decide how kitchen scraps will be used. [step] Before you start collecting your kitchen scraps, you need to know if you will be using them for a personal compost bin or if they will be going to a municipal composting program. Making this distinction is important because you can compost more food items in a municipal composting program than you can at home.
[substeps] Write down what you will need daily or weekly in your yard. In most cases, your yard will need to be composted. [substeps] Community composting containers tend to be more effective than commercial container composting of recycled food. Conventional containers or cans will also be more sanitary. [substeps] For a municipal program, you can often collect all biodegradable kitchen scraps, including meat and dairy. [title] Get a small compost container for indoors. It's also important to consider what you will be putting in your compost bin. [title] Request composted food before you collect.