Segregating waste into wet and dry can help reduce the amount of garbage produced. This, in turn, helps the environment.
When wet waste is mixed with dry waste, it's called garbage. For zero garbage, the two should be kept separate. Dry waste can be recycled. Wet waste can be made into compost and used for gardening in place of fertilizer.
To make compost at home, you need a bin. Keep it in a level, partially sunny spot. Fill the bin with your wet waste-vegetable peelings,fruit waste, tea bags and plant prunings. You can add offerings made at temples, such as fruits and flowers, which commonly end up polluting water bodies. These are considered organic waste or 'green' and are quick to rot. The other things that you can put in are cardboard egg cartons, scrunched up paper and fallen leaves. These are called 'browns' and are slower to rot. Crushed egg shells can also be added. But no cooked vegetables, meat, dairy products or diseased plants. No animal waste, either.
From time to time, stir the mixture. If it seems too dry, add some 'greens'. If it's too wet, add some 'browns'. Adding scrunched up bits of cardboard is a simple way to create air pockets that will keep your compost healthy.
Compost takes 6-9 months to mature. Finished compost is a dark brown, almost black soil - like layer that you will find at the bottom of your bin. Spreading this in your garden and plan - pots will greatly improve the quality of the soil by helping it retain moisture.
To make compost at home, you need a bin. Keep it in a level, partially sunny spot. Fill the bin with your wet waste-vegetable peelings,fruit waste, tea bags and plant prunings. You can add offerings made at temples, such as fruits and flowers, which commonly end up polluting water bodies. These are considered organic waste or 'green' and are quick to rot. The other things that you can put in are cardboard egg cartons, scrunched up paper and fallen leaves. These are called 'browns' and are slower to rot. Crushed egg shells can also be added. But no cooked vegetables, meat, dairy products or diseased plants. No animal waste, either.
From time to time, stir the mixture. If it seems too dry, add some 'greens'. If it's too wet, add some 'browns'. Adding scrunched up bits of cardboard is a simple way to create air pockets that will keep your compost healthy.
Compost takes 6-9 months to mature. Finished compost is a dark brown, almost black soil - like layer that you will find at the bottom of your bin. Spreading this in your garden and plan - pots will greatly improve the quality of the soil by helping it retain moisture.
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