Organic waste recycling is the process of decomposing organic waste, such as food scraps and yard trimmings, into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.

Organic waste recycling helps reduce landfill waste, enriches soil, and helps to reduce climate change.

To start you can use a compost bin or pile, add organic waste, and regularly turn the compost to promote decomposition. Many cities offer programs, so check your local recycling programs to see if they offer an organic waste recycling program.

Both names refer to the same process of collecting food scraps and yard trimmings and turning them into soil. However, organic waste recycling is commonly used for local city-sponsored programs.  

You can compost fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, eggshells, yard waste, food-soiled paper, and other organic materials. If it grows it goes, however, avoid any bioplastics or paper coated with anything. These items tend to leave behind microplastics.

When organic waste goes to the landfill it decomposes without oxygen which leads to the production of the greenhouse gas Methane.  Which is 84 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide in warming potential.