Want to up your sustainability game? Learn how to get started composting and pick up ideas for getting kids involved too!
If composting is something you want to learn or teach your family about, you’re in the right place! I’ve been busy talking all things composting over on my Instagram IGTV channel this Spring.
Why Is Composting Important?
So much of the material filling our landfills is organic (food) waste, and it releases harmful greenhouse gases, like methane, that contribute to climate change. In fact, about 1/4 of the waste we each produce can be composted instead, so there’s a lot of good we can do by choosing to compost food waste rather than toss it.
With us all spending so much time at home, it’s a great time to learn composting and teach our families about composting too!
IGTV Composting Videos
In case you’re just tuning in, I have two composting videos on IGTV. The first covers the basics of composting and how to get started.
The 2nd video is all about ideas for teaching our families to compost!
Watch these two videos for loads of information on composting and teaching kids to compost including:
- What Composting Looks like at Our House
- What Can Be Composted
- How to Get Started
- Ways to Keep Your Routine Mess & Odor Free
- Our Countertop Composter
- Brief Overview of Backyard Composting
- Organics Pick-up Services (Ours is Free in Minneapolis!)
- Tips for How to Get Kids on Board with Composting
- Kid-friendly Signage
- Hands-on Learning Ideas for Kids
- SO MUCH MORE!
Our Compost Pail + Organics Pickup Service
We use a Behrens kitchen compost pail (available at Target!), and the coordinating charcoal filters + biodegradable food scrap bags are available at Target in stores.
If you’re local to Minneapolis and want to sign up for FREE Organics Pickup Service, you can sign up through the City of Minneapolis’ website.
Kids Composting Project Resources
Download our printable kids compost sign.
Find instructions for the ‘Compost-in-a-Bottle’ I mention in the Teaching Kids to Compost Video. (Photo credit: Growing Healthy Kids)
