ICAW Press Release – Global Partners

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ICAW Press Release - Global Partners

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COMPOST STORES CARBON AND HELPS FEED THE SOIL

Benefits of Compost Highlighted During International Compost Awareness Week 2021

Compost organizations around the world have joined forces to highlight how composting can recycle carbon, help mitigate climate change and feed the soil. International Compost Awareness Week (2-8 May) showcases how recycling organic wastes into compost can benefit the environment and people by locking up carbon in soil, returning nutrients to degraded land while also supporting food security and improved nutrition.

 Globally, composting currently:

  • Recycles 83 million tonnes of biowaste every year.
  • Reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents a year through storing carbon in soil and offsetting fertilizer use. This is equivalent to driving an average car for 36 billion kilometers (23 billion miles); almost 95 thousand times the distance between the earth and the moon!
  • Recycles 1 million tonnes of plant macro nutrients, equivalent to EURO 702 million, CAD 1.1 billion or USD 807 million a year.

These annual benefits could be increased over 12-fold, if the world’s biowaste were collected separately and composted. To help bridge this gap, this year’s Compost Awareness Week will engage with thousands of volunteers around the world to hold educational activities, working together to get the word out about the many benefits of recycling organics and the importance of returning organic matter – compost – back to our soils.

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