Sam Dickinson, compost program specialist, said, “Food scraps and yard waste in the landfill is one of our largest generators of methane gas.

Composting keeps food scraps and yard waste, which normally make up about 30% of what we throw away, out of the landfill.

To compost at home, collect your yard waste in a pile or composting bin and let it sit for six to eight weeks, giving it plenty of time to decompose.

While backyard composting in the Eagle Valley is becoming increasingly popular, the Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability still encounters many misconceptions from residents about the process.

Composting turns yard and some kitchen waste into useful material to promote plant growth. And it cuts down on the flow of waste to the landfill.

Composting may be the way to turn people's trash into treasure.

Composting year-round diminishes waste sent to landfills, as well as benefitting the backyard. It’s important to compost year-round to support the population of micro-organisms in the compost pile.

The compost bin was built out of wooden pallets in the backyard. Photo courtesy of Alex Houdeshell. My six-person family had never really committed to composting before, despite having a large ...

But the advent of worm-bin composting means that even the backyard-challenged can create nutrient-dense soil in a space no larger than that found under the kitchen sink.

Home composting of yard and garden trimmings eases landfill problems and "recycles" these organics into a valuable soil amendment.