Composting at home can be easier (and less nasty) than you think

You may already know the benefits: Composting food waste keeps a whole lot of organic matter from ending up in landfills, where it creates methane gas and contributes to climate change. But most people don’t do it, often because the process can be complicated and messy. WBEZ reporter and digital producer Courtney Kueppers just started composting, and she decided to follow her bin of compost from food scraps to bag-of-dirt. She tells us that – if you use one of Chicago’s several compost collection services – the experience isn’t messy or smelly, but it is worth it.