MAKING compost is as old as gardening. Roman farms have compost pits, where human and animal waste is covered with weeds, leaves, and whatever else is left in the house. From time to time, water is added to help decay. A millennium later, in Moorish Spain, an agricultural agreement set out three ways to make heaps of “artificial waste,” as compost calls it - the pigeon waste was added to speed up the decay.
With the advent of community dumps for waste disposal and easy-to-use and non-messy chemical fertilizers for use in lawns and gardens, home composting has become almost a rarity. But compost production is returning recently. Dumps have begun to overflow, states have imposed restrictions on what and how much to dispose of, and disposal fees can range from $ 30 to $ 100 a ton. In addition, environmental concern has intensified, and composting has also made it a fashion trend once again.
Not only does compost return, it is bigger than ever. Its purpose is to use the method of making compost in piles. “Composting is a promising technology that can lead to solving the growing problem of waste disposal,” says an article in The New York Times Magazine. “Its proponents believe it can use up to half of the garbage — kitchen waste, yard waste, even some paper waste — that is being dumped today by most Americans. They believe that compost production can create crops that fertilize the soil rather than destroy it, that compost can replace damaged or damaged soil, protect cheap plants from disease and reduce reliance on pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. ”- September 8, 1991.
