1. Istituto Comprensivo “Molise Altissimo” Italy
“Our way to save our planet”
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2. We, the pupils of the second class, will suggest you different steps to prepare a compost.
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3. COMPOSTING
Composting is a way to produce the soil, it will be used for the house plants.
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4. Where do you produce the compost?
To produce the compost it is necessary to have a container for composting…
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5. Where do you produce the compost?
…or you can produce it in the open air fencing a small area in the garden.
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6. To begin the production of compost
The first thing to do to make compost is: put some branches and some dry leaves at the bottom of the container to allow the drainage of the water.
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7. The production of compost (continue)
After you have to add:
discarding vegetables,
food without dressing,
organic fruit peels.
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8. The production of compost (continue)
You can add:
ashes,
coffee grounds,
egg shells,
small pieces of white paper napkins.
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9. What you don’t put
Please don’t put in your compost any part of these food:
Meat
Pasta
Fish
These food could attract animals.
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10. The production of compost: the 2nd step
Every week or month it’s better to mix the content of the container in order to obtain air and water exchange.
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11. The production of compost: the 2nd step
Sometimes you can put many dried leaves into the compost. So you give it the right amount of mineral salts.
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12. The production of compost: the 2nd step
Sometimes you can put some soil into the compost. So you give it the right microbes to make compost.
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13. How many time does it take?
It takes about 9 – 12 months to obtain mature compost from the container.
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14. We also produce compost!
During Science classes we take our ashes, coffee grounds, egg shells and all the other components and we bring them to the container.
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15. What we do at the refectory.
On Tuesday we collect fruit peels and small pieces of napkins from our lunches at the refectory. After checking that they are clean and without stains of sauce we put them into the container.
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16. How is this soil?
The compost is like a natural humus. Here you can see a similar compost which was produced by a family of our village.
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17. Why to produce compost?
Because the quantity of rubbish decreases a lot.
Because it is usefull as soil for your plants.
Because it is good savings for the community and for you.
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18. The rubbish is lost if you make the compost!
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