The organic solid waste that citizens deposit in brown recycling bins could currently produce the amount of compost needed to satisfy 8% of the nutrients demanded by urban and peri-urban agriculture, reducing environmental impacts such as soil eutrophication by 39% and global warming by 130%. The organic solid waste that citizens deposit in brown recycling bins could currently produce the amount of compost needed to satisfy 8% of the nutrients demanded by urban and peri-urban agriculture, reducing environmental impacts such as soil eutrophication by 39% and global warming by 130%. Agriculture Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Compost produced from organic solid waste could replace 21% of industrial fertilizers in urban agriculture
