{"id":17602,"date":"2025-05-01T16:59:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/infographics-compost-for-a-better-planet\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:39:43","slug":"infographics-compost-better-planet","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/infographics-compost-better-planet","title":{"rendered":"Infograf\u00eda: Compost para un planeta mejor"},"template":"","class_list":["post-17602","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-charts-graphs","initiatives-composting-for-community","impact_areas-climate-and-environmental-justice","impact_areas-food-security","authors-brenda-platt"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":30419,"background_color":"tan","article_type":[30],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":false,"impact_areas":[16,18],"abstract":"<p>Composting cuts waste, enhances soil, protects the climate, and builds community (including jobs). Use our new graphics to share these benefits! &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/infographics-compost-better-planet\/\" aria-label=\"Infographics: Compost for a Better Planet\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\r\n","authors_tax":[601]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Para esta informaci\u00f3n en espa\u00f1ol, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/infografias-compostemos-para-tener-un-mejor-planeta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haga clic aqu\u00ed.<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/infografias-compostemos-para-tener-un-mejor-planeta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View in Spanish.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\nComposting cuts waste, enhances soil, protects the climate, and builds community (including jobs).\r\n\r\nUse our new graphics to share these benefits! They are available for your use (with attribution to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance).\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/2ANapHWqcRXSAy3wY04TqPgd2g9c\">Download Graphics<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 513px;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 258px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 258px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/2ANapHWqcRXSAy3wY04TqPgd2g9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30415 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 258px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/2ANapHWqcRXSAy3wY04TqPgd2g9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30416 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 255px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 255px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/2ANapHWqcRXSAy3wY04TqPgd2g9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30417 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 255px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/2ANapHWqcRXSAy3wY04TqPgd2g9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30418 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nTo view our other compost posters and infographics, <em><strong>Compost Impacts More Than You Think<\/strong><\/em>, go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/compost-impacts-posters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/compost-impacts-posters\/<\/a>\r\n\r\nWe want you to be able to share these infographics under creative commons license, free of cost. If you\u2019re publishing on your website, or in one of your publications, please include this sentence:\r\n\r\n<em>\u201cThe following comes from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (www.ilsr.org), a national nonprofit organization working to strengthen local economies, and redirect waste into local recycling, composting, and reuse industries. It is reprinted here with permission.\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\nPlease, make sure to let people know they should link to: <a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/infographics-compost-better-planet\">ilsr.org\/infographics-compost-better-planet<\/a> to download the original content for their own publications. 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