Is composting worth it? The calculation is complicated

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Aug 20, 2025, 11:04 am95 pts
When you throw out food waste, even though it's organic material, it doesn't just harmlessly decompose at the landfill. This process releases methane. In a 20-year period, methane is 80–85 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

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