Why It Is Better To Use Compost Than Chemical Fertilizers?

Any man-made material has always a few or more amounts of side effects on nature. That’s the reason that many people are focusing on more and more use of eco-friendly products over artificial ones to safeguard nature to a certain extent. Using eco-friendly compost over fertilizers is also one of such example.

Everybody knows the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture has many good effects. It increases the productivity of the soil & crops but it has long term bad effects on the environment according to environmentalists.

Instead of using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, what if we use compost in the soil? Will it provide the same productivity?

Let’s learn a few things about compost below :

Use of eco-friendly raw materials

Compost is made up of dinner leftovers, kitchen scraps, gardening trash, and so on. Also, cow dung is used to make manure and is useful for plant growth. All these materials used to prepare compost are eco-friendly. No man-made materials are used in the preparation of natural manure.

Modern synthetic fertilizers are made using compounds like ammonia, magnetite, natural gas, etc. This leads to increased extraction of scarce minerals from the crust of the earth which is not good in the long run.

No side pollutions

A compost does not have any secondary pollution effects as it is fully natural. Compost is made using food wastage, animal wastage, yard wastages, etc. Therefore, what’s taken from nature goes back to it. On the other hand, artificial fertilizers are made from hazardous chemicals in factories. The benefits of fertilizers may be good in the short term but it has severe impacts on the environment in the long run.

Cost-friendly

The procedure for preparing the compost is very cheap. It is made from green wastages and therefore it does not require any fresh raw materials. It is one way of recycling natural wastages. While chemical fertilizers are costlier than composting. Fertilizers are prepared in factories using various minerals. Also, they can have serious consequences on the environment and on humans & animals health.

Positive effects on soil and plants

A compost has a lot of positive effects on soil and crops. It adds essential nutrients in the soil, improves soil quality, and helps crops to grow. Compost also completes the ecological loop as only natural raw materials are used to make compost. Whereas on the other side, a little excess of chemical fertilizers poured in the land can burn the crops and affect the nutrient-balance of the land area.

No bad impacts on human health

As manure is made from all the eco-friendly ingredients, it does not harm the quality of land and thereby crops. Also, pathogens-free manure does not have any severe impacts on human health. An artificial fertilizer can be dangerous if it goes into the stomach. Many fruits and vegetables can have a few components of fertilizers lying on it even when they are washed thoroughly.

Sustainable in the long run

As we can see, there are a number of useful benefits of composting, thus it can be proved to be beneficial for overall sustainable development. Sustainable development means achieving economic development without depleting natural resources. On the other hand, fertilizers are made in industries using natural energy minerals. Also, environmentalists are doubtful about the use of fertilizers in long terms. Its use can have several negative effects on our environment and ecosystem.

Conclusion:

As we can see, there are a lot of positive effects of composting in almost every aspect. It is useful from an environmental as well as economic point of view. The use of composting can solve a big problem of handling garbage and its disposal. If you love gardening or have a big farm in your native place, then you can always go for rich compost rather than artificial fertilizers.

You can install a waste composting machine or composter machine-like Goldust inside your premises as well. These machines decompose dining leftovers, other kitchen scraps or yard scraps easily & organically and produce manure - ready for use. This manure can be used in gardening or farming.

You can visit the official website of LAHS Eco Engineering to know more about composting and compost machines.