Just saw a stat that changed my mind about bokashi composting

Read that bokashi bins produce 90% less methane than regular compost piles, and that sold me on trying it in my tiny NYC apartment. Anybody else switch methods after seeing hard numbers like that?

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uma_baker995mo ago

I live in a small apartment too, but I read that bokashi actually produces more methane overall when you factor in the fermenting stage and the buried waste afterward.

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jessica_miller5mo ago

Yeah, I saw that too about the methane. The thing is, even if bokashi makes a little more methane during the fermenting stage, the amount of methane it keeps out of the landfill is way bigger because your food waste isn't rotting in a pile with no oxygen. Also, when you bury the bokashi waste, the methane gets trapped in the soil and breaks down slowly instead of just floating into the air. So it's not really a fair comparison to just look at the process without thinking about what happens in the landfill instead.

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