The problem

The problem is that when you throw away something compostable, that's making your garbage bag fill up faster. Did you know that every time you throw away a banana peel or a eggshell in the trash it’s wasting a plastic garbage bag?

Statistics, statistics,statistics

Did you know 500 billion plastic garbage bags are thrown away world wide and 1 million bags per minute? Also when you compost and recycle, you're reducing about 25% of what you would throw in the trash and you would be reducing 15% of your trash bags out of the 25%. Picture 1,000,000 sea creatures dying each year because plastic garbage being thrown in the ocean!

The composting solution

Well, after hearing about the problem, I bet you want to hear about the solution. The solution that I will give you is that you stop throwing away your compost and put it in a compost pile or a compost bin. It’s simple and easy to do. After some time it will break down into a rich soil that if you have a garden then you can put the soil in your garden to have better soil. So I guess it’s sort of a win-win. You help us with the plastic problem and you get better soil.

Thank you so much for reading my article and make sure to look at our other articles and watch some videos!

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