Essay Sample on Composting

The amount of trash produced by the United States is staggering. About one-third of all food produced is likely wasted. Wasting food lets out greenhouse gasses unnecessarily. Sometimes heat gets held in by some gasses leading to many harmful things such as global warming. Composting the food waste instead can also restore soil to support plant growth. Reducing trash through composting can overtime help solve part of the major worldwide trash problem.     

Different pH levels have great impacts, depending on the item different pH levels can lower concentration or raise it. pH is just the level of acidity in an item (solid or liquid). pH levels usually can rank 0-14, 0 being acidic, and 14 being alkaline. Some acidic items are, a battery, lemons, and stomach acid, some alkaline items are bleach, soap, and other cleaning products. Many liquids like water can have a range of many different pH levels. pH levels can cause many bad affects, like drainage problems, it can very rarely kill people if the pH level is too high and if to low can cause microbes to activate (disease). Many people try to keep a consistent pH level for drinking water, but many states have different sources of drinking water therefore there are different pHs. So, it is wise to keep a medium constant pH level. 

Decomposing is packing together organic items and compost to break down and become rich nourishing soil. But it is not that easy, there are many other variables like amount of compost to help support the decomposing items enough, and not overpowering the items. There are four elements to the prosses of composting: moisture, oxygen, bacteria, and organic matter. Compost can consist of paper bits, leaves, plants, fruits and vegetables, ashes, hair, coffee grounds and much more. The smaller the pieces of organic matter the faster the process of composting. To know how much compost to help support the decomposing items you need to know the number of items you are decomposing. All these are packed in layers about 6 inches (15 centimeters) deep. Compost needs to be stirred or moisturized depending on texture, feeling or the progress of the decomposition.

People go about their lives unaware and uncertain about the ripeness of bananas. They just grab and go not taking the time to see the ripeness of their banana choice. Ripeness can depend on, color, type or feeling (soft, mushy, hard, or solid). According to worldbook.com,” When completely ripe, the fruit falls to the ground and must be eaten immediately or they will spoil.” This means the ripe bananas fall from the tree and, unripe bananas are harvested by humans. Also, yellow ripe bananas provide more nutrients and green unripe bananas don't help the body as much. So, the most ripe and tasty banana chose for most people are healthy, nutritious yellow bananas.

 In conclusion the ripeness of food tells us the best time to eat and when to compost.   Discovering the best pH level for compost, to decompose food rapidly would advance solving the problem of food waste. Fixing the problem of knowing what stage to decompose would not just tell us the best time to eat food (ripe, unripe, overripe), but give us the best chance for rich compost. Depending on the item of decomposition, to pack it all around with material gets the best outcome. These things help progress people’s everyday lives and look deeper into earth science. 

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