Missouri Organic Recycling

Recycled Yard Waste Makes for a Healthy Garden

2012-05-16T13:32:07Z

Dead leaves and grass clippings clippings might look like just a heap of junk to be thrown in the trash, but yard waste can actually be a very valuable asset if you use your imagination.

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Gardeners, landscapers, businesses and parks all over Kansas City use recycled yard waste to make their outdoor landscapes beautiful, colorful and healthy. At Missouri Organic Recycling, we combine collected yard waste with composted food scraps to create our Naturewise Compost. It’s an all-natural plant food and soil amendment that helps to absorb excess rain water, slows runoff and releases water to plants in between rainfall.

Healthy soil can also keep dangerous organisms at bay while keeping important nutrients within the plant to keep it strong and healthy.

For the best selection of compost in Kansas City or to learn about our yard waste recycling service, call Missouri Organic Recycling at 816-483-0908 for more information.

Elementary Students Demonstrate Passion for Recycling

2012-05-14T13:18:32Z

“We can learn (to recycle) while we are young and continue it as adults, (which will make) our world better now and in the future,” ~ Savannah Rogers, 5th grade

“I love to recycle because it saves the world so it won’t be dirty.” ~ Jane Marie Botts, 4th grade

“(Recycling) is making a better place for stuff to live,” ~ Littia Elliott, grade unknown

“It makes our school a better place,” ~ Chandler Tagudar, 4th grade

“When I’m recycling, I feel that I’m doing my part toward keeping the earth environmentally safe. Hopefully, people will learn about recycling from my school’s efforts.” ~ Daelyn Elizabeth Overstreet, grade unknown

These are just some of the passionate quotes from Alabama students and members of their school’s Green Team Recyclers.

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Just before school ends each day, the recycling team gathers for about 30 minutes to sort and count recyclable items from the day’s snacks and lunch break. Besides students in grades three through five, the team also consists of teachers, parents, faculty and staff.

Among the items sorted through include plastic bottles, soft drink cans, cookie bags, fruit juice containers, candy wrappers and much more. They also redeem Boxtops 4 Education and Campbell’s Soup Labels. The class with the most recyclables at the end of each month gets a treat – usually popcorn or Popsicles.

7 Facts for International Compost Awareness Week

2012-05-09T14:51:22Z

We hope you’ve been enjoying International Compost Awareness Week. Have you bought any compost, or started your own bin at home? Whatever route you choose, know that composting is a beneficial and eco-friendly activity. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), compost can do all of the following:

Reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers.
Promote higher yields of agricultural crops.
Facilitate reforestation, wetlands restoration, and habitat revitalization efforts by amending contaminated, compacted, and marginal soils.
Cost-effectively remediate soils contaminated by hazardous waste.
Remove solids, oil, grease, and heavy metals from stormwater runoff.
Capture and destroy 99.6 percent of industrial volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) in contaminated air.
Provide cost savings of at least 50 percent over conventional soil, water, and air pollution remediation technologies, where applicable.

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Looking for compost Kansas City? Missouri Organic Recycling has Nature Wise for you! Also, check out our previous posts about composting: