Composting Reference Sites

Many of the sites listed at left have technical explanations about why composting is important.

In a nutshell, throwing food and yard waste into a landfill directly contributes to global warming.

Instead of wasting our organic - meaning plant-based - resources, we can recycle them into compost and use that compost to grow our food and beautify our gardens. Compost helps replace topsoil - a resource that washes away in amazing quantities every year and is not being replaced.

To see how little food waste is being recycled into compost, see the chart on our “why” page.

And check out the site below for an excellent summary of the reasons why composting is essential:

Why is Composting so Important?

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Philly Area Commercial Composters

Listing here does not constitute an endorsement. That said, the people who run them have a lot of experience making compost, primarily for farms and landscapers. They only sell wholesale.

Laurel Valley Soils (Avondale)

Two Particular Acres (Royersford)

How-To Compost. By Will Dean in Grid Philly (May 09, page 12)

Methane emissions increased in 2008. In Waste News (04/22/09)

Study shows composting food waste can decrease global methane contributions by humans. Abstract from Waste Management & Research, Vol. 24, No. 5, 421-433 (2006) at SageJournalsOnline

Interested in composting? Many tools are available. By Al Heavens in the Philadelphia Inquirer (01/16/09)

Is converting Landfill gas to Energy the Best Option? By Janet Pelley in Environmental Science and Technology Journal (12/10/08)

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