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GREEN SANCTUARY CORNER

The Green Sanctuary Congregational Project is an endeavor of the Social Justice/Environment Justice Team and members of UUFH. 
Each month the team will share helpful information with the congregation through the Green Sanctuary Corner.  

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Composting is nature’s way of recycling. It is one of the most powerful actions we can take to reduce our trash, address climate change, and build healthy soil. By turning our food scraps and yard trim into compost, we transform our waste streams into a beneficial, value-added soil amendment and use it to protect the environment and create resilient communities.

Composting is a controlled, aerobic (oxygen-required) process that converts organic materials into a nutrient-rich, biologically stable soil amendment or mulch through natural decomposition. The end-product is compost. Microorganisms feed on the materials added to the compost pile during the composting process.

You can compost at home using food scraps from your kitchen and dry leaves and woody material from your yard. Or you can bring your compostable food waste to UUFH and we will compost it for you! If you have questions, please check with Jan Partin, 828-606-9191.

There is a small compost bin in the UUFH kitchen. Please feel free to use the bin for any scraps that we generate in our kitchen. There is a large compost bin outside, between the Sanctuary building and the playground. If you have larger amounts of food scraps, you are welcome to use that bin.