Comments on: Composting Contributes to Climate Change? http://earthfirst.com/composting-contributes-to-climate-change/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:51:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carbonaceous http://earthfirst.com/composting-contributes-to-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-7947 Carbonaceous Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:43:33 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=4806#comment-7947 Methane can be substantially reduced or eliminated. of course, using various modifications of composting, including anaerobic digestion and burning biogas as fuel (still CO2 but overall carbon neutral). Permanently converting some of the biomass to biochar or another "permanent" carbon sink would also offset CO2. But I agree that good organic algriculture has overall benefits that offset the carbon footprint of compost. Methane can be substantially reduced or eliminated. of course, using various modifications of composting, including anaerobic digestion and burning biogas as fuel (still CO2 but overall carbon neutral). Permanently converting some of the biomass to biochar or another “permanent” carbon sink would also offset CO2.

But I agree that good organic algriculture has overall benefits that offset the carbon footprint of compost.

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