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What really happens to the organic waste you put in your compost bin

E21NS  E21NS  E21NS  E21NS  E21NS October 1, 2019 CBC | Canada | RRR: recycling

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Composting food waste in a circular economy turns food into fertilizer to grow more food, either with low-tech aerobic (with oxygen) or industrial anaerobic (without oxygen) digestion (AD), where micro-organisms break down biodegradable material into compost. Methane is also produced in an AD (60% of landfill gas, a.k.a. biogas).

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