3 ms·

Sorry to be a debbie-downer but the composting process is also a source of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/P

• Carrok 8mo ago
  From your source: > Effective pile management and aeration are key to minimizing CH4 emissions. So it sounds like a correctly managed pile is not a problem. Also, I have a hard time believing my composting in my backyard is in any way worse than my sending the same food scraps to a landfill.
  • adolph 8mo ago
    Thats great that you can correctly manage a compost pile. That level of conscientiousness is a quality that doesn't seem common across the population. A positive thing about a landfill is that it can take advantage of centralization by capturing biogas created by the large quantities of biodegradable material deposited. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319924008930 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03603...
• swiftcoder 8mo ago
  So are humans (we breathe out CO2 constantly!). A process emitting greenhouse gases is not an inherent reason to eschew it, so long as the entire end-to-end process isn't net-positive. Use that compost to fertilise a tree, and you are still net negative on carbon, versus sending those food scraps to the local trash incinerator.
  • Lerc 8mo ago
    It's all a cycle, They put carbon in, they release carbon out. At least the average American is doing a commendable job in increasing their personal carbon sequestration.