Eco Maui Econo Maui Maui Photos Scroll down for a composting article taken from Your Recycling Guide , published by the Maui Recycling Group . The facts about composting are staggering. For example, the average American throws away 1500 pounds of garbage per year. The average American who composts throws away 375 pounds. Compost is the most important ingredient for healthy soil.
Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants.
Healthy plants have no need for fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides, which kill worms. Worms provide healthy soil, etc. Composting is the best way to handle our organic waste, and anyone can do it, from the condo resident who produces one small bag of the stuff each week to the farmer who needs a tractor to pile it up. Selection of a compost bin is the first step. Numerous designs are available, most through mail-order and a few at local hardware stores.