How to make dirt: Composting Chemistry

#185Let's make dirt. Or is it dirt? I don't know, well, can you dig it? We've all heard of compost, maybe you compost, maybe your friend does, maybe they talk about it a lot. But how does it work? Why can we compost some things, but not others? And why can't we just put compostable stuff into the trash can, won't it break down in the landfill? Let's find out!!References from this Episodehttps://compost.css.cornell.edu/chemistry.htmlhttps://compost.css.cornell.edu/microorg.htmlhttps://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/compostinghttps://www.compostingcouncil.org/page/CompostDefinitionhttps://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/consumer-support-food-waste-solutions-focus-agricultural-economists/https://www.epa.gov/recycle/composting-homehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344910000261https://www.acs.org/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/2017-2018/october2017/composting-your-trash-natures-treasure.html\We want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!Thanks to our monthly supporters

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