Many countries have very successful composting programs. Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, and Germany send less than 3% of their waste to landfills. South Korea turns its food waste into biofuel, compost, or animal feed, and it was illegal there to throw away food waste in garbage by 2006.

The United States is not quite as advanced in composting. About thirty to forty percent of the United States’ food supply is wasted.

Within Central Ohio, about a million pounds of food are put into landfills every day. About five pounds of food are landfilled per Franklin County resident each week.

That's what this site is here for! Here you will find information on what exactly composting is, how to do it yourself at home, and some local services that can make composting easier. As students, you have the power to influence your families’ decisions, as well as form habits that will help you lead a sustainable adult life.