{"id":27179,"date":"2025-11-13T08:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?post_type=article&p=27179"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:29:05","slug":"reducing-rodents-through-composting","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/reducing-rodents-through-composting","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Rodent Problems Through Composting"},"template":"","class_list":["post-27179","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-fact-sheets-guides","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-community-composting","topics-home-composting","topics-on-farm-composting","authors-jordan-ashby","authors-linda-bilsens-brolis"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":27180,"background_color":"tan","article_type":[31],"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":[42,86,99],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"By implementing basic best practices, composters can keep rodents from becoming interested in their compost piles or establishing a habitat in their composting sites.","authors_tax":[598,635]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"We live in a world full of life \u2013 including rodents, such as rats and mice. The way in which we manage our food scraps and other organic residuals can either attract or deter rodents. When they are attracted, rodents can become nuisances and even act as vectors of pathogens and disease. Contrary to popular belief, composting does not cause rodent problems. In fact, careful composting of food scraps has the <\/span>power to reduce or eliminate rodent activity<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe common practice of throwing wasted food into open trash cans and dumpsters contributes to the proliferation of rodents in urban cities by providing a 24\/7 buffet of food. With a basic understanding of rodents\u2019 habits and the incorporation of some simple best practices, composters can keep rodents out of their compost piles and prevent them from establishing a habitat at their composting sites.\u00a0<\/span>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image":{"image":27180,"caption":"","helper_width":"narrow"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

ILSR Rodent Prevention Resources<\/span><\/h2>\r\n