{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chemistry For Your Life","title":"Is compost dirt??","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3385,"description":"#185\n\nLet's make dirt. Or is it dirt? I don't know, well, can you dig it? We've all heard of compost, maybe you compost, maybe your friend does, maybe they talk about it a lot. But how does it work? Why can we compost some things, but not others? And why can't we just put compostable stuff into the trash can, won't it break down in the landfill? Let's find out!!\nReferences from this Episodehttps://compost.css.cornell.edu/chemistry.htmlhttps://compost.css.cornell.edu/microorg.htmlhttps://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/compostinghttps://www.compostingcouncil.org/page/CompostDefinitionhttps://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/consumer-support-food-waste-solutions-focus-agricultural-economists/https://www.epa.gov/recycle/composting-homehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344910000261https://www.acs.org/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/2017-2018/october2017/composting-your-trash-natures-treasure.html\\\n\n\nWe want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!\nCheck out our website at chemforyourlife.com\nWatch our episodes on YouTube\nFind us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.\nWant to start your own podcast? Use Transistor and you'll have the best podcast platform available. We use it and we are totally in love with it.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lu4HbLHuTW1O_8BhDI8VZ5qX3dCXZvibQi2muYIvp5w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMwOTkvMTY2Njgy/NzQwMS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}