Did You Know That Compost Can...

Did You Know That Compost Can... * Suppress plant diseases and pests. * Reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers. * Promote higher yields of agricultural crops. * Facilitate reforestation, wetlands restoration, and habitat revitalization efforts by amending contaminated, compacted, and marginal soils. Cost-effectively remediate soils contaminated by hazardous waste. * Remove solids, oil, grease, and heavy metals from stormwater runoff. * Capture and destroy 99.6 percent of industrial volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) in contaminated air. * Provide cost savings of at least 50 percent over conventional soil, water, and air pollution remediation technologies, where applicable. Next up . . . The "Ins" and "Outs" of Composting