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    By chopping organic kitchen waste into smaller pieces before composting, the rate of decomposition can be increased. Smaller pieces have a larger surface area which allows more bacteria to break down the material faster. Other factors that can speed up the composting process include increasing temperature, keeping the material moist, adding a catalyst like bacteria, and maintaining a higher concentration of material in the compost pile. With strategies to optimize these conditions, such as shredding waste, adding water, and stirring the pile, decomposition can be completed within one year to make rich compost for home gardens.

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    By chopping organic kitchen waste into smaller pieces before composting, the rate of decomposition can be increased. Smaller pieces have a larger surface area which allows more bacteria to break down the material faster. Other factors that can speed up the composting process include increasing temperature, keeping the material moist, adding a catalyst like bacteria, and maintaining a higher concentration of material in the compost pile. With strategies to optimize these conditions, such as shredding waste, adding water, and stirring the pile, decomposition can be completed within one year to make rich compost for home gardens.

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    By chopping organic kitchen waste into smaller pieces before composting, the rate of decomposition can be increased. Smaller pieces have a larger surface area which allows more bacteria to break down the material faster. Other factors that can speed up the composting process include increasing temperature, keeping the material moist, adding a catalyst like bacteria, and maintaining a higher concentration of material in the compost pile. With strategies to optimize these conditions, such as shredding waste, adding water, and stirring the pile, decomposition can be completed within one year to make rich compost for home gardens.

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    By chopping organic kitchen waste into smaller pieces before composting, the rate of decomposition can be increased. Smaller pieces have a larger surface area which allows more bacteria to break down the material faster. Other factors that can speed up the composting process include increasing temperature, keeping the material moist, adding a catalyst like bacteria, and maintaining a higher concentration of material in the compost pile. With strategies to optimize these conditions, such as shredding waste, adding water, and stirring the pile, decomposition can be completed within one year to make rich compost for home gardens.

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    QUESTION

    How can the rate of decomposition increase in a home


    composter?
    HYPOTHESIS
    By breaking down organic kitchen waste into smaller piec-
    es before going through the process, compost can be
    Anaerobic
    made to decompose faster.
    For the home gardener, Decompositon of Anaerobic (O2 free) decom-
    compost is a gold mine. Im- Organic matter
    proving soil structure while position of organic matter
    also feeding plants with es- by microorganisms
    sential nutrients that not only 2CH2O —> CH4+CO2 (fermentation) can pro-
    allow the plant to grow, but duce CH4 and CO2.
    to increase rate of growth as Factors that affect
    well. To save cost, compost rate of reaction /decomposition rate Factors
    can be made at home by re-  Surface area – Shredding or chop- Affecting Rate
    cycling kitchen waste. The
    ping helps increase surface area so of Reaction
    process is quite long howev-
    er as it may take up to one that more surfaces are available to Catalyst
    year to be ready, but there collide and increase reaction rate.
    Temperature
    are several strategies that  Temperature – Increase in temper-
    speed up decomposition and ature supplies energy to the parti- of Reactants
    composting rates to finish in cles involve so that more particles Concentration
    one year! are available for collision hence in- of Reactants
    crease reaction rate. This happens
    Nature of Reac-
    at the core of the compost hence
    tants
    stirring must occur.
     Nature of reactants – Reactions
    rate depend on the chemical nature
    of the reactants hence water is of-
    ten added to keep the compost
    moist, collide more often and has-
    ten decomposition.
     Catalyst- Catalyst increases reac-
    tion rates by lowering the activation
    energy. Bacteria here helps to
    break down organic matter thereby
    hastening the whole process and
    remains at the end.
     Concentration – Increase in con-
    centration increases reaction rate,
    hence the compost pile is small to
    increase frequency of collision.

    Decomposition is an oxidative process regardless of what the process is.

    Oxidation reactions are typically exothermic in nature, meaning heat is giv-


    en out as the overall change in heat energy is negative.

    Living matter such as dead animals and plants often have a lot of potential
    energy, able to give it out

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