🌱 Compost as a Family and Cut Down on Plastic Trash Bags!

July 13, 2025

Do you want to turn banana peels, apple cores, and veggie scraps into something magical? ✨

Today’s Plastic-Free Challenge is all about composting—a super cool way to make less trash AND help the Earth at the same time!

Let’s dig in! 

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🧐 What Is Composting?

Composting is nature’s way of recycling!
Instead of throwing food scraps into plastic trash bags that go to the landfill, you put them in a special compost bin where they break down and turn into rich, healthy soil—perfect for gardens!

It’s like a recipe for Earth-loving dirt! 🥕🌻

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🗑 Why Skip the Trash Bags?

🛑 Plastic trash bags can’t be composted
🛑 They trap food that could’ve helped plants grow
🛑 They stick around for hundreds of years in landfills!

But when you compost, you:
✅ Use less plastic
✅ Make less trash
✅ Help plants, worms, and the planet!

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👨👩👧👦 How to Compost as a Family

1. Pick a Spot

Start with a compost bin or pile in your backyard—or a countertop bin in the kitchen! You can even buy a small indoor composter.

2. Know What to Compost

🟢 YES, please!

• Fruit and veggie scraps 🍌🍓

• Coffee grounds ☕

• Eggshells 🥚

• Grass clippings and leaves 🍂

• Paper napkins and cardboard pieces

🔴 No, thank you!

• Meat, dairy, or oily foods

• Plastic or wrappers

• Animal poop

3. Stir and Wait!

Worms, bugs, and bacteria do the work for you! In a few weeks or months, your scraps turn into healthy, dark soil. 🌱

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🪴 What Can You Do With Compost?

• Feed your garden or potted plants

• Share with a neighbor who loves to grow veggies

• Sprinkle around trees or flowers in your yard

🌼 Your trash turns into treasure!

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🌟 TuTu’s Composting Tip:

Make it fun!
🎨 Decorate your compost bin with stickers or signs
📅 Keep a family compost chart—everyone takes turns adding and stirring!

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🐢 Did You Know?

About 30% of our trash is food scraps! Composting keeps that waste out of landfills—and saves room for the things we can’t reuse.

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Let’s turn garbage into gardens and skip those stinky plastic bags!
You're not just cleaning up—you’re growing a greener world. 🌍🌻

– TuTu and the Green Team

P.S. Want a printable “What to Compost” poster for your kitchen or classroom? We’d love to make one for you!

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