Author: Zero Waste Church

Becoming the Good Soil: Other Ways That Compost Helps Mitigate Climate Change

Becoming the Good Soil: Other Ways That Compost Helps Mitigate Climate Change

By Carl Sigel To make compost, organic materials are necessary, like yard waste, food waste, wastewater treatment plant residuals, animal manures, or others. Currently, some organic wastes are finding their way to the landfill, where they decompose anaerobically (without oxygen) and methane is emitted—a greenhouse 

Becoming the Good Soil: Role of Soil in Carbon Sequestration

Becoming the Good Soil: Role of Soil in Carbon Sequestration

By Carl Sigel Soils constitute the largest terrestrial organic C pool (~1,500 petagrams* (Pg, 1015 grams ) C to a depth of 1 m; 2,400 Pg C to 2 m depth), which is three times the amount of CO2 currently in the atmosphere (~830 Pg