Source guide: setting up a clean and orderly home compost collection routine

5 minute read

An extractive household guide based on “Composting At Home | US EPA.”

Materials

• Organic (carbon-based) materials include grass clippings, leaves, yard and tree trimmings, and food scraps.
• You can compost at home using food scraps from your kitchen and dry leaves and woody material from your yard.
• Composting in Your Backyard Ingredients for Composting The ingredients for composting include a proper balance of the following materials: Carbon-rich materials (“browns”).
• Nitrogen-rich materials (“greens”).

Steps

1. Steps for Backyard Composting Determine how you will collect and store your browns and greens.
2. Collect and store your fruit and vegetable scraps in a closed container on your kitchen counter, under your sink, or in your fridge or freezer.
3. For browns, set aside an area outside to store your steady supply of leaves, twigs, or other carbon-rich material (to mix with your food scraps).
4. Set aside space for your compost pile and build or buy a bin.
5. Choose a space in your yard for your compost pile that is easily accessible year-round and has good drainage.

Safety and boundaries

Sources

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