10 Facts About Green waste

Green waste, known as "biological waste", is any organic waste that can be composted.

Green waste can be used to increase the efficiency of many composting operations and can be added to soil to sustain local nutrient cycling.

Green waste can be collected via municipal curbside collection schemes or through private waste management businesses.

Programs such as this allow communities to be an active part of composting their green waste which allows them to play an active role in decreasing the amount of food being dumped into local and regional landfills.

Green waste can be used to improve the quality and sustainability of industrially manufactured topsoils and the sanitariness and efficiency of sewage disposal.

Green waste is an integral part of many manufactured topsoils, as it provides both nutrients for growing plants and increases the volume of manufactured topsoils.

Green waste can be mixed with sewage wastes and composted, providing a safe, environmentally sustainable option for sewage disposal.

Green waste can be composed of non-food crops, which decompose to produce cellulosic ethanol.

Green waste composting has been linked to suppression of soil borne diseases such as damping off and root rots that affect large agricultural ventures like greenhouses and large-scale farms.

When biological, or green waste is added to these soil samples, plant uptake of heavy metal has been shown to decrease crop uptake of metals compared to other types of compost composed of things such as sewage sludge.