Thousands of pounds of recyclable organic materials go to waste around your community. Draw from grass clippings, coffee grounds, vegetables, brush, and leaves. These materials can be easily collected and recycled.
Organic waste streams are excellent resources.
At Prosperity Homestead, more than 2,500 pounds of organic waste gets processed yearly, ranging from leaves to coffee grounds. These resources come from sponsors, neighbors, and Mother Nature herself. From composting to worm bins, it's easy to start recycling organic materials.
Below, you'll find a running chart of some collected recycled materials. Not everything is weighed and cataloged below before processing. This is just one example of the volume of resources available to your homestead.
As you can see, a constant stream of organic materials becomes available. You'll learn to process these materials correctly without smell, pests, or upset neighbors.
As of this writing, these resources, plus leaves, grass, and brush, produce more than two yards of compost each year.
It is important to understand that doing this incorrectly will quickly get you in trouble. Every material resource needs to be inspected, tested, and free of contaminants.
Don't believe the YouTube videos of just grabbing leaves and grass on the side of the road — write for details about our materials handling and composting classes.
