Weeks 3-5: October 3-14 General Composting Tricks for the North Shore I found this article very useful and interesting because I have a compost bin of my own at home, but I am still learning how to fully maintain it. The video was a very good way to give the main points and the article underneath gave more information and explanation. The three things that I found most interesting were first of all, that fresh green products mean they are carbon rich, and brown decomposed products are nitrogen rich. I also found it crazy and interesting that a single household can compost over 500 kg of kitchen scraps, low-quality papers and yard trimmings per year, resulting in over 100 kg of free fertilizer! The third most interesting fact I found was that almost two-thirds of North Shore households compost their organics, keeping almost 9,000 tonnes from curbside collection for disposal. But still, 25% of the 24,000 tonnes of garbage picked up from North Shore houses could be backyard composted. Something I will try to look for is in the compost bin that we put near the front entrance of the school. I will check to see that there are substantial air pockets present to promote the development of bacteria and to see that there is a good mix of nitrogenous material and carbon rich materials. A question I have is how well does a covered compost bin that doesn't allow sun light in work compared to the mesh one we have at school?