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Composting is an overlooked aspect of reducing the waste stream, according to the Copper Country Recycling Initiative (CCRI). CCRI co-chairman Evan McDonald said compostable materials are a huge fraction of the waste stream. \u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be, but it is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Michigan Technological University\u2019s Dr. Richelle Winkler\u2019s \u00a0Environmental Sociology class report entitled \u201cWaste and Recycling Programs in Hancock and Houghton, Michigan and Michigan Technological University: Review and Recommendations\u201d states that leaves, lawn clippings, and tree trimmings account for up to 30 percent of material being dumped into landfills. These are items the can be converted to compost.<\/p>\n

\u201cComposting is an invaluable recycling practice that reduces the amount of materials entering landfill,\u201d The MTU report states. Composting has many more benefits beyond what most people would think. First, the report states, composting saves on landfill tipping fees while reducing the amount of material entering landfills, and second, it reduces the amount of methane (a common greenhouse gas) and acidic leachates produced at landfills.<\/p>\n

\u201cA landfill has its own chemistry,\u201d McDonald said \u201cThe modern inputs, the things that are being added now, and those anaerobic environments, and those conditions \u2013there is a lot of water. They try to keep the water out, but there is still a lot of water and that chemistry is fascinating, but deadly.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in addition to the two factors mentioned, composting is essentially creating new topsoil from kitchen scraps, yard and garden waste, and other compostable materials which, in turn, provides valuable nutrients, minerals, and other things to vegetables, flowers and trees, naturally without the need for chemical fertilizers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are tried and true things. And even in the city, an apartment resident can use all their own compost if they composted everything,\u201d McDonald said. \u201cYour flower beds, and container gardening on your patio or whatever, you could give it to your parks department and they could grow trees with it. It\u2019s nature. It\u2019s ecology. But what do people do? They use chemical fertilizers.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read the full story, visit <\/em>http:\/\/www.mininggazette.com\/news\/local-news\/2017\/02\/compostable-material-takes-up-nearly-a-third-of-landfill-capacity\/<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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