Product Description

Composting has been defined as the product of natural degradation of botanical and putrescible waste by the action of bacteria, fungi and other organisms in the presence of an adequate air supply"(Warmer, 1997). Although this is true the word compost is also often used for the decomposition process that is anaerobic.

Composting has been used since man began to plant and harvest for food, when an association between waste products, plant growth and the harvest yield was realized. Different waste products have been used over the centuries that fertilize the soil through the breakdown of waste material known has composting.

Although these products have been used extensively the processes involved were not clearly understood until recent. Composting has been defined and even today the reactions in the compost pile, though understood, can be vague.