| If you are an apartment dweller or live in a house | | | | space to construct a compost pile or place large |
| with little or no yard, you may think that it is | | | | composting bins? Fortunately there are many smaller |
| impossible to compost your household waste. You | | | | composting bins now available that can easily fit into |
| may also think that there is little purpose to compost | | | | a small yard or even on a porch. Most of the bins are |
| waste if you do not have a large yard or garden to | | | | tumbling composting bins, meaning that you spin |
| use the compost in, but this is simply not true. | | | | them daily which speeds up the composting process. |
| Composting household waste is important for many | | | | These bins also do a good job of keeping the |
| reasons. Composting benefits the environment, by | | | | composting material contained, out of sight, and |
| transforming organic waste into a valuable | | | | controlling any odors that may occur. |
| end-product ("compost"). It also helps reduce the | | | | There are many great reasons to compost your |
| pressure on landfills and can even reduce your | | | | organic waste and apartment dwellers do not have |
| personal trash collection bill. Even if you do not have | | | | to give up on the composting process. Even if you |
| a yard or garden to use the compost that you | | | | do not have a small composting bin or desire to |
| produce in, you will likely have friends and neighbors | | | | purchase one, you should check with your local city |
| who would welcome the compost in theirs. And if | | | | hall to see if the city you live in will compost your |
| you have houseplants, you should certainly try using | | | | waste for you. Some cities are now even providing |
| the compost on them - the results will be fantastic. | | | | special bins similar to common recycling bins for |
| But what should you do if you do not have a large | | | | collecting organic waste. |