Looking Foward- Haley

As my project winds to a formal close, I know that my family and I will still be composting. This 2 weeks was just a start for something that will continue in my house. Although my project is almost done, the effect of having a compost definitely not disappear as the school year ends as well. With this project and by composting my family has greatly reduced the amount of waste that goes into the garbage. My family used to take out the garbage once every 2 days, give or take depending on dinners and who is home. By composting I have noticed that we only need to take the garbage out once every 3 days. My compost is right now just a pile in the back of my shed, but we have purchased wood to make a container to organize our compost more. Once completed, our composting process will be much more uniform and easier to follow, and I hope it will be as second nature to us as taking out the trash. In 3-4 months we will be able to use our compost in our growing garden that we have been working on as well. The most rewarding part of this project is knowing that some of my wastes are being broken down and used to hopefully in a few months help to grow our garden. Also, I find comfort in knowing that some of my waste wont be in a landfill that is leaking leachate and is taking up hundreds of thousands of miles of land in the US.