Recycle And Reuse Yard Waste

Recycling and reusing yard waste is a great way to do your part for the environment. Yard waste includes grass clippings, leaves, branches, and tree trimmings. It can be difficult to find a place that will recycle or reuse this type of garbage because not many people know about it. This article will discuss ways you can help keep the environment clean by recycling and reusing your yard waste.

In the past, when most people dealt with yard waste, they would just throw it away. This may have been because of time constraints or lack of knowledge about composting and recycling but there are now many ways to deal with your green waste that doesn’t involve throwing it out!

It’s ironic that many people are committed to being environmentally friendly, yet neglect the same approach to their food waste. For example, few of us realize how much water it takes just to produce a single hamburger patty or what our meat-eating habits cost in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts.

The brown and green piles in your backyard are a result of the simple truth that lawns have more nitrogen, while dried leaves or pine straw has more carbon. These two components combined make for an ideal situation when it comes to composting – but where do you put them?

According to Recycle Nation, our yards produce plenty of things we want to get rid of. Leaves, weeds, tree trimmings and grass clippings all need a proper home! Yard waste recycling has become very popular in recent years as people realize the benefits it offers. Green waste makes up a significant percentage (near 50%) of our total trash stream so this is an area where you can make some serious improvements with your efforts by composting or turning your yard into one giant garden bed.

And, believe it or not, our yard waste can actually be harmful to the environment depending on how they are disposed of.
It is strange that these materials could do real environmental harm if they end up in a landfill. But recycling them does wonders for our planet because only then will we have enough space and resources left over to continue being sustainable without any excess stressors like landfills.

Our planet’s landfills are a dangerous source of greenhouse gas. If untreated, the contents in these massive pits produce methane which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide and second only to CO2 as an agent contributing to global warming-like effects on earth.
Is that a lot? The EPA estimates more than 13% of all municipal solid waste is yard trimmings. And if we recycled, it would cut down the amount in landfills by 33 million pounds per year!

Yard Waste Disposal – The Greenway it turns out that many of the old yard and lawn care practices that many homeowners are used to, especially those in dry climates, end up doing a lot more harm than good. But there is a better way you can do things without any harmful effects on your wallet or your environment. 

Recycle Grass Trimmings Add grass clippings to your compost pile. Use lawn trimmings as a great mulch for gardens and other landscaping needs. Leave trimmed grass on your lawn if you do not have a long term plan for them such as laying turf, or planting new sod.

Save the Fallen LeavesPlace old leaves in a compost pile. Let them decompose into garden mulch and soil amendment. Run over them with a lawnmower to break up the bunches.

Remove the Branches & TwigsLarger pieces can be reused in both decorative and functional ways. For instance, larger branches and twigs can be used to create garden paths or swings for children.

Reuse excess soil and rocks landscaping can produce piles of dirt and rocks that need a home. Rocks and gravel can be separated and used for drainage layers underneath garden beds or as edging between planters strips and fences. Excess soil can be saved for future use in new plantings, fill dirt for landscaping projects, etc.

The Green Value of Composting Composting your yard waste is a great option for the environment because it produces natural fertilizer, improves soil quality, and reduces methane production. However, yard waste that breaks down in a landfill creates more greenhouse gas emissions than if left alone.

When You Have More Than You Can Use If you know where to take your yard waste and have a car or truck to transport them, it might be doable on your own. Otherwise, call junk removal professionals and let them handle the work for you.
Westchester Junk Removal is the next best thing to not having any yard waste at all. We’ll come to your home or office and remove anything from a few leaves on up, no matter how it got there!