How to Compost Year Round in Your Apartment

January 12, 2013 by 3 Comments

According to the EPA, the single largest component of solid waste reaching landfills in the U.S. is food waste where decomposing food becomes a significant source of methane. Composting a big way we can reduce food waste going to landfills, but many people are hesitant to give composting a try, because they live in smaller space and not sure about composting in an apartment. The folks at Sustainable America show us how it’s completely possible and relatively easy to compost in a small amount of space!




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Priti Ambani writes about social and environmental enterprises, start-ups and Web 2.0 businesses. She is the Managing Editor of Ecopreneurist.

Specializing in her ability to work with impact organizations from the ground up, Priti has developed successful business and communications strategies for fledgling start-ups, social and environmental enterprises. She also serves as a sustainability consultant at GreenDen Consultancy and advises on corporate social responsibility and the triple bottom line.

Priti is a Professional Engineer and holds a Master’s degree in Biological Resources Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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  1. Nick Palmer says:
    January 14, 2013 at 4:47 am

    Most tea bags contain about 3% plastic in the paper fibre which is there to heat sela then in manufacture. If you compost them you will get plastic “ghosts” that build up because the worms cannot digest them see my blog post liked below which refers to major British manufacturers’ rather disappointing responses to my original blogpost
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