Vermicomposting works to use worms to decompose food scraps and turn organic waste into fertilizer, and it serves as a good alternative to more complex composting strategies. Traditional backyard composting requires the use of browns and greens, which include organic and inorganic materials like yard trimmings, dead leaves, and food scraps. Vermicomposting not only requires less space in a yard to work effectively, but also requires fewer materials to get the job done. In order to begin vermicomposting, one needs an aerated box or container, a bed of strips of newspapers, dirt, food scraps, water, and worms. However the compost is made, it is imperative in helping to get the good nutrients, like carbon, that are stored in our food scraps back into our home lawns and gardens as opposed to releasing them into our atmospheres from our landfills.

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