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Composting
Composting is another step that we can take to help reduce the size of our landfills. If you think about what happens if you drop a bananna peel on the ground, in a few weeks it deteriorates and the nutrients return to the soil. Now think about if you put a bananna peel in a plastic bag and then throw it in a landfill under a mountain of other plastic bags, it takes a lot longer to deteriorate. Ok so I'm not saying you should throw your bananna peels just anywhere but if you have the space to create a compost pile that's another way to reduce your waste.
So about now you're asking what can I put in my compost pile and that's a great question. Things like coffee grounds, apple cores, pumpkins, squash and so on. Here's a website where you can find out about everything that you can and can't compost.
There is more than one way to compost as well and here's another link to research what will work the best for you situation.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/backyard/compost.html
After you start your compost pile you'll need to turn it occasionally. You may want to talk with your neighbors and get a community compost pile going. Once everything decomposes you'll have a rich nutrient based compost that can be used in your garden and around yourlandscaping. Just think free fertilizer from what you'd normally throw away. Yes there is some work involved and it does take a while for these things to decompose but you'll be helping the enviroment in two ways. Adding to the nutrient content of your gardens and saving space in your local landfill.
If you have questions or ideas on other composting topics please stop by our forum and post a question or an idea. The more we work together the easier it becomes for all of us to get involved!