Web-Resol Tudo sobre Limpeza Urbana e Resíduos Sólidos!
Compost yard and garden waste at home:
Produce your own rich, beneficial soil additive
Discard less garbage and pay lower garbage bills
Conserve earth’s resources
Protect and improve your environment
Use compost on your yard and garden to improve your soil:
Compost returns nutrients to the soil such as phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, zinc, manganese, iron and boron
Compost improves the texture or “tilth” of the soil providing: – Easier cultivation
– Better water retention in loose or sandy soils
– Better drainage in clay or other heavy soils
– Less plant distress from over wet or over dry conditions
– Healthier plants which require far less commercial chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides etc.)
Compost reduces soil diseases by feeding the soil a balanced diet
Compost is an attractive and valuable mulch that:
Promotes weed and erosion control
Protects plant roots from sun and wind damage
Conserves water
Make and use compost at home – SAVE $$ and RESOURCES:
Lower garbage bills
Free soil additive, replacing most yard and garden chemicals
Lower water bills
Less work weeding
A feeling of achievement when your yard and garden are more attractive and you are doing your part to save resources – and replenish the earth
Artigos Relacionados
Check Also
Waste management poses challenges, but could unlock major environmental and economic gains
Every day, the city of Rio de Janeiro, one of the largest metropolises in the Southern Hemisphere, generates 17,000 tonnes of waste, ranging from large industrial debris to candy wrappers bought innocently at newspaper stands. While this waste presents a serious and urgent environmental challenge, it also fuels an increasingly significant portion of the economy, with benefits extending beyond financial gains. - When we look at developed European countries, many are already recycling between 40% and 50%, with some reaching 60%. From an economic standpoint, both recyclable materials and organic waste hold tremendous value - stated Adalberto Maluf, National Secretary for Environment and Environmental Quality at the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), during the Methane Forum: Climate Emergency Brake, at the Rio Nature and Climate Week. Citing a 2025 report, Maluf mentioned that Brazil literally throws away R$27 billion annually, while municipalities spend significantly more - R$45 billion - managing all this waste, often overlooking the environmental impact or economic potential buried in landfills and dumps. - We spend R$45 billion to collect and dispose of waste in landfills, yet we manage to recycle less than a third of the potential. I believe it will be necessary to review contracts, create performance-based remuneration mechanisms, and pay for both effectively sorted materials and those diverted from landfills - he added. According to the IBGE, 60.5% of Brazilian municipalities adopt some form of selective waste collection, and several initiatives serve as examples of how to manage city waste. In his panel presentation, Bernardo Ornelas, Project Coordinator at the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Urban Cleaning Company (Comlurb), highlighted Ecoparque do Caju, a national benchmark in waste management and recycling. There, received materials are sorted and can be used for biogas production, organic compounds for urban gardens, or human consumption, in the case of still...