Compost produced from organic solid waste could replace 21% of industrial fertilizers in urban agriculture

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Oct 23, 2024, 4:00 pm2.2k ptsInsanely GreatTop
The organic solid waste that citizens deposit in brown recycling bins could currently produce the amount of compost needed to satisfy 8% of the nutrients demanded by urban and peri-urban agriculture, reducing environmental impacts such as soil eutrophication by 39% and global warming by 130%.

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