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Today we are celebrating this year’s Learn about Composting Day! What makes composting great for the planet and why should we compost?

Here are nine reasons, why compost is great, according to the Compost Council of Canada:

1. Send less to landfills: organics represent over one-third of the materials being sent to landfills.
2. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Did you know that landfill sites account for~38% of Canada’s total methane emissions, according to Environment Canada? The organics that are buried in the landfill are a key contributor to the production of greenhouse gases.
3. Recover valuable materials: Compost is the most important ingredient for keeping the soil healthy and productive.
4. Decrease soil erosion: Soil erosion reduces the soil’s productivity and can remove nutrients from the soil. Compost helps enhance soil structure and binds soil particles together.
5. Revitalize soil: Plants depend on compost to convert materials into plant available nutrients and to keep the soil well-aerated.
6. Reduce the need to water: By improving soil structure through the addition of compost, more water is retained and is available to plants.
7. Less pesticides: Compost helps suppress plant diseases naturally.
8. Save money: You can turn your leftover organics into a soil enhancing amendment for free!
9. Make an actionable, positive environmental difference: With compost, you can turn something regarded as waste into something of value for the planet.

Today is Earth Day 2022, and this year's theme is . Today is about promoting and helping accelerate collective action for solving the climate crisis. Investing in partnerships between businesses, governments and citizens for the preservation of our planet’s health is investing in our health and that of our children and their children. It is about transitioning to a more prosperous green economy and investing in our health.

Back in 2015, when we were starting, plastic packaging was the main cause for the global increase in plastic production. By 2050, 12 billion metrics tones of plastic will enter landfills or the environment if current production trends continue; and some of this plastic waste will enter our bodies, too. According to a recent study, humans already consume microplastics daily via their food, and this is now known to cause damage to human cells. We have all the evidence we need to take bigger, bolder steps towards a future with less plastic.

At NEXE, we invest in our health and our planet’s health by working hard every day on our mission to replace single-use plastic with plant-based alternatives. Today, we invite you to join us in our mission and would love to work together on accelerating solutions to combat plastic pollution. Our compostable innovations break down quickly in industrial composting facilities, do not leave behind any micro plastic residues and have no toxic effect on soil.

Please consider sharing this post with your friends/colleagues to increase awareness about ! Do you have ideas about how we can collectively invest in our planet to bring back the health of our planet and protect our species? Let us know in the comments below!

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