Why do scraps get thrown for composting?

To discourage garbage can build-up, minimize trash collection costs, and save money are reasons why scraps get thrown for composting. Kitchen leftovers and scraps do not need to be dropped off into landfills since they qualify among the carbon- and nitrogen-rich recyclables to be broken down and thereby composted into dark-colored, fresh-smelling, nutrient-rich organic matter known as compost or humus. The commitment to recycling foods -- as long as they are contaminant-free, dairy-free, grease-free, oil-free -- therefore minimizes the build-up of trash odors in kitchens and outside back doors as well as serves to lower household expenses for landfill drop-offs and soil amendment, fertilizer, and mulch purchases.