--- title: "Earth Week Challenge 5: Scraps are Gold ♻️✨ The Mission: Stop sending…" description: "Earth Week Challenge 5: Scraps are Gold ♻️✨ The Mission: Stop sending your organic waste to the landfill and start your own compost! Whether it’s a full…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/5PhnySUmLFQJ6NyT1NL4ye" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿" published: "2026-04-24T14:01:00.468287Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0lz9TBqimMTRbalzVUzmtzXVahV8Stpregz1z7lwydE/PmIeePLWQAOeY8j3dKc9Qg.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md) # Earth Week Challenge 5: Scraps are Gold ♻️✨ The Mission: Stop sending… _Posted by Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 on 2026-04-24_ Earth Week Challenge 5: Scraps are Gold ♻️✨ The Mission: Stop sending your organic waste to the landfill and start your own compost! Whether it’s a full backyard bin, a discreet worm farm, or a simple countertop scrap collector, you’re turning kitchen waste into black gold that will eventually feed your plants. Join the movement and show us how you’re starting your pile! ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0lz9TBqimMTRbalzVUzmtzXVahV8Stpregz1z7lwydE/PmIeePLWQAOeY8j3dKc9Qg.webp?size=large) ## 21 comments ### Amber commented on 2026-04-24 I know food scraps and coffee grounds. What else would be useful in starting up a small compost pile? #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-24 Some other things you can add are egg shells, dried leaves, grass clippings, cardboard and paper towels! Avoid adding any meat, dairy or oil. #### Amber replied on 2026-04-24 Perfect. Thanks! #### Isabella replied on 2026-04-24 Rabbit poop cardboard not meat no dairy ### Greenhouse \& Garden commented on 2026-04-24 My large outdoor turning compost bin arrives today! I’m so hype! I already have some leave and stem clippings to pop in there and I got a wood chipper so I’m going to compost and last week I mulched all the dead branches in my yard so they’ll be ready for overwintering here in NY later this yearn #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-24 Yay! That is exciting! ### Kirsten commented on 2026-04-24 Is compost good for houseplants, too, or just outdoors gardens? #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-24 Yes it is great for house plants! A couple handfuls put into potting soil can provide house plants with organic nutrients 😁 #### Kirsten replied on 2026-04-26 If you compost, should you not fertilize? ### StapeliaSaidWhat commented on 2026-04-24 I 🤎 Composting! Worm bin in the closet and compost station out back 🪱 ![Attachment 1 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/YP0VuzIJT5_F9oHUr5eOaAFUv5oaber_tggAGfg98yo/EIEFzgXZRHSMVXS2U-zmsQ.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/YP0VuzIJT5_F9oHUr5eOaAFUv5oaber_tggAGfg98yo/2x69y-KOT6mFm63QNQIpSA.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 3 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/YP0VuzIJT5_F9oHUr5eOaAFUv5oaber_tggAGfg98yo/KWzFVq9VQbm0x2ZHSsi86Q.webp?size=large) #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-24 Love this!! I am curious about getting some worms. Are they tricky to maintain? #### StapeliaSaidWhat replied on 2026-04-24 They are the chillest roommates! I’ve had this colony since 2021. Dog doesn’t mess with it, harvest compost whenever you feel like it, never feel guilty for not eating that salad you brought to work for lunch, and they’re a great conversation starter as guests arrive and hang their coats in the closet. What’s not to like?! #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-25 Hahah that is so cool! Definitely selling me on it 🤣💚 ### Christina commented on 2026-04-24 I have never tried but always wanted to. Im going to start a small ventilated kitchen compost with stuff i already have. Its a great way to for me to use up cardboard and junk mail from my camp fire stocks too💚🙌💚 Question: do you move already processed or cold ready to use compost to a secondary bin for storage or switch out bins? Or do you just keep throwing it all together and try to pull from the bottom when you need some for planting? #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-24 Yesss! This is my little under the sink bucket. A friend gifted it to me, I think she got it from Amazon. I'm also just getting started but once the compost is broken down, it is best to move it to a larger container outside to finish curing. I plan on using a tote with ventilation holes. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0lz9TBqimMTRbalzVUzmtzXVahV8Stpregz1z7lwydE/Th6iBKU2QhaQ6lOWvMp05g.webp?size=large) #### Christina replied on 2026-04-25 Perfect-thank you for this info #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-25 Of course!! 💚 ### I❤️Cats 🌶️ commented on 2026-04-24 I designed a mini desktop compost bin. Its mainly for decoration, but it does work ![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Kov5qNo4Kco6WtX-WLunHbsfwF9RuF_ZsjCqujUcMBc/fUJQwHCPS4K9BbkBndxmVQ.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Kov5qNo4Kco6WtX-WLunHbsfwF9RuF_ZsjCqujUcMBc/EHtGLIgxTPmRg1HWRrnJJw.webp?size=large) #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-24 This is so adorable and I love that it actually works! How did you make this? Is it 3d printed? #### I❤️Cats 🌶️ replied on 2026-04-24 Yes! I designed it myself, basing it off of my grandmothers full-size composter I 3D printed it on my A1 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Kov5qNo4Kco6WtX-WLunHbsfwF9RuF_ZsjCqujUcMBc/0AhezS23TNW3Nf0G9DyXiA.webp?size=large) #### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-25 Oh wow how cool!! Awesome job 😍 --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_