The Role of Composting in Reducing Landfill Waste: A Peeling Back of the Layers
Imagine, if you will, the average person's trash bin. To us, it's a collection of last week's forgotten leftovers, this morning's coffee grounds, and an assortment of peels, cores, and expired goods. But to the microscopic connoisseurs of bacteria and fungi, it's the equivalent of a five-star gourmet buffet. Every toss of an apple core or a wilted lettuce leaf is like ringing the dinner bell for these tiny decomposers, who, unlike picky eaters, see our waste as their treasure.