Composting is an environmentally friendly way to create healthy soil. But how do you start one and why should you? Melanie Burns, Waste Management Specialist with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says composting is a diversion of food waste from landfills and helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe overall benefit of a compost pile is that it is a soil amendment because it improves the soil health which in turn can lead to healthier plants,\u201d says Burns. \u201cOther benefits include saving money, reducing the need to be buying fertilizer, and saving water as composting actually holds in that moisture in the soil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n