There are many organic materials that can be composted, which break down in compost and become fertile soil. You can compost any vegetable and many natural waste, such as: food scraps: vegetables, fruits, coffee grounds, tea leaves, egg shells, any plant trimmings, fallen leaves, paper coffee filters and tea bags, wood, sawdust and shavings.

Of course, you need to handle composting responsibly so that nothing unnecessary gets into it, especially in our case, when the total number of potential users is large.

We ask you to be careful and add only high-quality waste to the compost! Here are some of them:

• Any waste from vegetables and fruits, spoiled vegetables and fruits,
• Shells of nuts, eggs.
• Coffee grounds, used tea.
• Paper coffee filters (along with coffee)
• Tea bags (natural). When in doubt, open it and compost only the tea leaves.
• Spoiled beans, cereals, nuts, rice, etc.
• Used paper napkins, paper towels (if there are not many).
• The crumbs you sweep off the table.
• Spoiled bread, buns, cookies.
• Unpopped or burnt popcorn.
• Herbs and spices.
• Seeds of avocados, peaches, apricots, watermelons and other fruits.
• Toothpicks, wooden skewers, sushi sticks, used matches.
• Leaves that have fallen from indoor plants, dead indoor plants along with soil from a pot.
• Litter from a rabbit, hamster, bird.
• Wooden pencil shavings.

• remains of meat, fish, bones, shells of shrimp, crabs, shellfish;
• cheeses, dairy products;
• fat, lard, animal fat products;
• feces of cats and dogs;
• biodegradable plastic.

No. Provided there is a normal balance of elements and free access of oxygen. An unpleasant odor is formed only under conditions of anaerobic decay (without access to oxygen). One of the main conditions for effective composting is to create conditions for aerobic decomposition (with the participation of oxygen). With aerobic decomposition, there is virtually no unpleasant odor. There is only a completely normal and even pleasant smell of forest, mushrooms or damp earth.

Believe me, this is not a problem at all! Many would envy the existence of such a “problem”. Fertile soil is already on sale in stores and costs a lot of money! Compost can be used to grow flowers, bushes, and trees! A living and fertile land is wealth, not a problem. For example, in the future, after a year, we will be able to use fertile compost to grow some vegetables or fruits right in our yard, or fertilize existing plants. In general, believe me, there is a use for it!

Each composter will be assigned a responsible person, a curator, who is also the main organizer of the composting process in your location.

Each of you can also help and participate in the organization. For example, some of you have the opportunity and desire to help with your work or by providing tools for work, providing space for storing tools (garage, closet), or participating in any other way. Perhaps some of you want to plant flowers or trees, clean up the mess, or help improve the space in any other way – please contact us, let’s get to know each other and make things better together!

In our world, everything is interconnected: composting ends one process and begins another. Through the forces of fungi and countless microorganisms, the waste products of which are material decomposed into simple elements – compost, aka valuable vermicompost, which is perfectly absorbed by plant roots. This is how a new cycle of life begins. Plants absorb carbon dioxide, which is harmful to us, and release oxygen, which we inhale and create the fruits that we eat. Fertile soil and plants are the basis of life. Without this, life is unthinkable. But for life to continue naturally, the cycle must repeat itself in a natural way intended by nature: everything must return to the ground and, seasoned with fallen leaves, be composted, enriching it.

Fertile soil is the first thing that plants, animals and humans themselves need. It is worth understanding this well, as well as the fact that the use of synthetic mineral fertilizers has only a tactical meaning when the goal is not to take care of the soil, but to obtain a high yield in the short term for the planted crops. You should know that the plant absorbs only 5-10% of the volume of mineral fertilizers applied to the soil, but most of it remains in the soil and leads to a change in the natural balance, the destruction of humic acids, the destruction of beneficial microflora, which can ultimately lead to the complete destruction of the fertile layer soil.

Pure chemical elements contained in artificially created synthetic fertilizers have a positive effect only in a very short term, while they are water soluble. Subsequently, these elements accumulate, crystallizing the soil, changing its structure and composition, making it less suitable for organisms living in such soil.

With the constant use of synthetic fertilizers, soil degradation worsens, because its composition changes more and more. The elements introduced by rain penetrate deeper into the soil, entering the aquifer and reservoirs, changing their chemical composition.

With the active use of fertilizers, more and more watering will be required, since the soil, becoming less alive, holds water much worse. The root system in such soils is usually less developed, as it is difficult to germinate, which requires more frequent watering and increasing use of fertilizers, exacerbating the problem.

And this is without mentioning the herbicides and pesticides of all kinds that are used liberally in mass agriculture.

Soil degradation, desertification, low yields and the forced use of ever-increasing amounts of poisons and “fertilizers” are an undeniable truth, despite the silence and manipulation of public opinion that is used everywhere.

That’s why we suggest thinking about an organic and natural, humane and simple way of caring for the soil, for the sake of preserving all life on our planet.

Composting is a simple and natural, rational, humane and practical natural way of processing any decomposing waste into simple plant-digestible elements. This is a kind of return to nature of what we took from it, this is a way to thank and enrich it in a natural way, conceived by nature itself.

The soil for us humans is even more mysterious and less studied than the ocean and its depths, which, by the way, are less studied than the surface of the Moon and some planets. But up to half of the planet’s living biomass is hidden underground. Most of the living organisms inhabiting it cannot be seen without serious magnifying instruments, which is probably why they are less interested in them, and even neglected. But for plants, these tiny creatures mean a lot. One handful of good forest soil contains more living organisms than there are people on our planet, and all these organisms constantly influence the soil, transform it and make it so valuable and nutritious for plants.

Why is all this small fry, thousands of species with unpronounceable Latin names, of interest to science only in passing, while countless species remain completely unnoticed and unstudied? Maybe because they don’t seem all that cute on the outside?

However, they live everywhere, for example, in fallen leaves, which they greedily eat. Other species specialize in mushrooms and drink the juices they secrete. There is no food in nature for which there would not be its own species, and not just one, but hundreds and thousands of species, countless microscopic insects that exist in a stable relationship with each other. Thousands of their species, appearing on the verge of life and death, are eaten and processed many times, decomposing and ultimately turning any biomass into a valuable substrate for plants, after which the life cycle repeats.

These organisms are the end and beginning of the food chain. They create a necessary condition – soil, the basis of life, something without which life in all its diversity is unthinkable: from all the plants whose fruits we eat, to all animals without exception, and ourselves.