| If you're interested in composting your kitchen | | | | down and decompose at a much faster rate. |
| scraps, you've probably wondered just how to go | | | | Some people don't realize this, but there are many |
| about getting started. Thankfully it's quite easy to | | | | more things used in the kitchen every day, which can |
| composting as part of your everyday kitchen cleanup | | | | also be added to your compost pail. Coffee and tea |
| or cooking routine. | | | | grounds are one of the best items to add to any |
| If you're not familiar with kitchen composting, here's | | | | composting effort for example, because they're very |
| a quick introduction: Composting in the kitchen is | | | | rich in vitamins and nutrients which will enhance your |
| generally just a process of adding organic food | | | | overall composting efforts. Coffee and tea grounds |
| materials to a small compost bucket or bin that sits | | | | also help reduce odors that might come from rotting |
| on the kitchen counter. Either when that bucket gets | | | | organic fruit and vegetable matter. |
| full, or on a daily basis, you take it outside to a larger | | | | Coffee grounds can be added to the compost pail |
| compost pile or bin and add those kitchen materials | | | | straight from the coffee pot, and you can add the |
| into the mix. | | | | filter too because it's made of paper. The same |
| Pretty much any organic food scraps can be added | | | | applies to tea grounds: If you use them in tea bag |
| to your kitchen compost bin. The most commonly | | | | style, you can add the bag and all to your kitchen |
| added materials are fruit and vegetable scraps. | | | | composting container. |
| If you eat a banana for example, you can add the | | | | Plain old paper is another excellent compost material, |
| peel to your kitchen compost. If you chop up lettuce | | | | and most of us have this in our kitchen every day |
| to use in a salad you can add the heart, or core, of | | | | too. If you buy food in cardboard boxes for |
| the lettuce head too. You can add onion and potato | | | | example, you can tear the box into small bits and |
| peelings, apple cores, the parts of tomatoes you | | | | toss that into your compost container. Any plain |
| don't eat, rinds from cantaloupe or watermelon and | | | | paper bags and wrapping can also be added, and will |
| so on. | | | | contribute towards making wonderful rich compost |
| When you add food items like this, it helps to chop | | | | for you in the end. |
| or shred them into smaller pieces so they'll break | | | | |