WHAT IS CITY COMPOST?
Compost is a soil conditioner; a mixture of various wet organic materials regarded as waste products such as leaves, vegetable matter, food scraps, droppings, dung and muck. Organisms digest them as they decompose or decay. This decomposed organic material improves soil structure and provide nutrients to plants. The decomposing process of organic matter is called composting. Compost is a product of recycling.
BENEFITS TO YOU:
- You get healthy, environment friendly, organic manure for your garden and potted plants.
- Compost makes feed for plants in your gardens, landscapes, horticulture, urban agriculture and organic farms.
- They are by-products of wet organic waste produced in city.
- They keep air, water and land clean and harmless to man, animals and plants.
SOCIAL BENEFITS:
- Creates employment opportunities
- Adopts villages to promote compost
- Fertilizer companies co-market City Compost through their dealer network.
- They keep air, water and land clean and harmless to man, animals and plants.
COMPOST BENEFITS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT:
- Keeps land healthy, conditions the soil and keeps it fertile with organic matter.
- Rectifies micro-nutrient deficiency in the soil.
- Works as a natural pesticide in the soil.
- Increases water-retention capacity of the soil.
- Prevents soil erosion that wind and water causes.
- Provides macro and micro nutrients to crops and increases crop yield.
- Reduces the volume of waste that is dumped in landfills or dumpsites.
- Prevents production of harmful greenhouse gases (especially methane).
- Prevents toxic substances polluting environment and groundwater.
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