Composting is the natural process of recycling organic materials into a rich soil known as compost. Anything that once lived will decompose. By composting your organic waste, you are returning nutrients back into the soil in order for the cycle of life to continue. Organics waste in landfills generate, methane, a potent greenhouse gas. By composting food and other organics, methane emissions are significantly reduced. Compost can be used to yield higher agricultural crops, remediate soils contaminated by hazardous waste. Compost is a great disease suppressor, season extender, pH buffer, time-money and water-saver. According to the EPA, Composting is the fifth tier in its food recovery hierarchy. "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle."