Did you know: 28% of what we put in landfills can be composted. This includes food scraps, yard trimmings, and wet/soiled paper. Most of this you can easily compost and create better soil, while reusing the water from the composted products also.
Just because it is winter, don't be afraid to continue with your composting. Regular outdoor composting means that your products freeze and thaw (depending on your climate) through the winter, helping them breakdown. If you are in too cold a climate winter might be the time to try indoor worm composting.
If you have any leaves left from fall, buy a leaf mulcher (very cheap - maybe $35), suck them up, and lay them on your garden or grass areas so that they mulch. Leaves should never be thrown in the garbage!
To start composting today, leave a bucket in your kitchen to grab kitchen compostables (fruit and vegetable leftovers, flowers, hair trimmings, egg shells, etc). When it is full take it outside and put it in your composter, dig it in your garden (my favorite method), or start a compost pile (my second favorite method).
However you do it, start composting today!
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