Compost_and_Composting_Intro.pdf

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Compost and Composting
What is Composting ? 
Composting
is
Natureʹs
way
of
recycling nutrients. Natural recycling
occurs on a continuous basis in the
natural environment.
Composting
is
the
controlled
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decomposition
or
breakdown
of
organic
matter
by a large number of mixed
populations of
microorganisms
in a
warm, moist, aerated environment.
Composting
is
a
process
of
transformation
of
raw organic materials
into
biologically
stable
humus
substances, suitable as
plant nutrients.
What is Compost ?
forms of
plant and animal life
such as
leaves, grass, wood, garbage, natural
fiber, bones or any natural bio mass
materials.
Those organic materials are composted
by time, water, micro‐organisms, sun and
air, producing a
substrate improved in
structure and nutrients,
easily utilized by
plants for their growth.
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Compost is the residue created from the decomposition and recombining of various 
Nature has its own way of composting
In the forest, composting happens as
leaves
pile up on the forest floor and begin to
decay.
Eventually, the
decaying leaves are returned
to the soil
where living roots can finish the
recycling
process
by
reclaiming
the
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Composting is not a new idea.
Nature teaches
us composting principles.
nutrients from the decomposed leaves.
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