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Friday, June 9, 2017

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WHY? FACTS To improve your soil 300.00.00* 1000 millon’s of food is getting wasted EVERY year New Zealanders throw away 122,547 tonnes of food a YEAR ( that is 122,547* 1000 kilograms When organic waste like food or plants starts to break down in the landfill a polluted liquid is produced called LEACHATE. That is often toxic. Organic waste in a landfill also produces methane gas. Methane is greenhouse gas that cause global warming We can compost anything if it can biodegrader- ( rot) we call that Organic waste. BROWNS+GREEN+AIR+WATER= COMPOST DECOMPOSERS If you put paper in our garden the plants will grow slow but if you put cardboard then the plants will grow faster Worm farm Composting bin Moakshi Never waste food. 1.3 billion and tons of food gets wasted. New zealand throw away 122,547 tonnes of food a year. (that is 122,547 x 1000 kilograms. That is 213 jumbo jets of food that has to go somewhere to rot. Instead of being eaten. All of this food is worth about 5872 million each year. Nearly half of your rubbish is usually organic waste…. Our rubbish gets buried in a landfill. This is a big hole in the ground, so if we put our food in the bin this is where it ends up. When organic waste like food or plants starts to break down in the landfill a polluted liquid is produced called LEACHATE. This is often toxic. Organic waste in a landfill also produces methane gas. Methane is a greenhouse gas that cause global warming. We can compost anything if it can biodegrade - (rot) We call this organic waste. Compost brown + green + air + water = compost. In autumn when the leaves are on the tree they fall of on autumn and then it drops these worms and stuff in the ground and then the worms and stuff eat them and make it rot. Carbons ‘’browns’’ - dry stuff Types of compost. Worms have 5 hearts Fertilising the layer. And after that it will be attached to.Two or three weeks. The worms like manure and fruit. The worms like vegetables. The worms like food scapes. The worm HATE- Chllies Garlice Lemons Oranges Onions Glossy paper Why compost? Reduce your rubbish and save money. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Make great soil for your gardens. All excellent reason to compost. When