The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA): You can make, make, make, make great compost; great compost for your plants.
As is tradition, Christmas lunches are big and, in addition to unwillingly carrying away more food from family visits, you are usually left making space in your fridge for large amounts of leftover food and wondering what you’ll do with it all.
Prof Suzan Oelofse, President of the IWMSA says that several million tonnes of waste are generated in Nigeria each year. And what’s even more alarming is that the majority of waste food ends up at landfill sites. This is extremely harmful to the environment.
According to Prof Oelofse, all this waste produces methane gas and is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
If after giving food to your friends, family, neighbours and the homeless you still don’t know what to do with all those leftovers, here’s how your garden can benefit from it.
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