I believe a simple, household way to reduce the amount of trash and carbon produced is by composting. According to https://center.sustainability.duke.edu/ … aste-daily “55% of 220 million tons of waste” ends up in Americas landfills. Compost would help reduce the amount of waste we generate. In fact, Duke also gathered the data stating that “two-thirds of our household waste can be composted.” If everyone were to do this, the trash stored in landfills would decrease, and in turn our carbon footprints. Composting does not require much effort. I have seen compost being very effective in states such as Washington and California. It’s as simple as having a container in your kitchen and putting what can be composted in it. After this, you can either compost in your backyard yourself or in places like Seattle, Washington, the government has a compost program where they will compost it for you.

Not only is composting simple and will reduce our carbon footprints, but composting is also beneficial for the earth and its soil. Composti ng is a way for earth to recycle its nutrients. The nutrients found in compost also benefit everything growing in and above the soil. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyle … ou-can-do/ states that “the plant in partial-compost will grow visibly larger than the purely soil based one.” This is because of all the nutrients that are brought back into the earth because of compost. Overall, compost would benefit everything from the flowers trying to grow in your backyard, all the way to reducing the amount of carbon on a global scale.

I agree with you that compost piles are a great way to decrease the amount of food wasted. However, I think this alternative is not highly acknowledged. Most people have never heard of a compost pile and I think there should be a program that draws attention to this. As stated 2/3 of our household waste can be used in compost pile ( Duke University). By creating compost piles it helps the environment and reduces the amount of household waste.