BiWeekly Tip #2 on “Daily Living for a Healthy Climate”

three composting bins with different levels of compostThe North Parish Climate Justice Group has started sharing bi-weekly tips of things that we can all be doing in our daily living to contribute towards a healthy climate.

Tip #2

Did you know that there are many benefits derived from composting? Check out this information published by the Environmental Protection Agency

For example, “Organic waste in landfills generates, methane, a potent greenhouse gas. By composting wasted food and other organics, methane emissions are significantly reduced.”

Composting is easy to do at home, or consider using a composting service that picks up your food scraps for a small fee.

Please email climatejustice@northparish.org if you would like a suggestion for a local company that does this. Another thing you can do is encourage your town to provide composting services.