Mainly organic waste comes from both living beings and natural resources , since its origin is biological. You would be surprised to know that in your home there are things that are organic and you did not know it.

Organic things important facts

The main characteristic of organic things is that it is produced with biological material. It is mainly generated with the composition of carbon, but also of nitrogen, oxygen or hydrogen. The disintegration ends up being reintegrated into nature, since it is biodegradable.

When things are biodegradable , it means that it is a natural process, since there are living organisms that are involved in decomposition. They usually have a short time to decay and do not affect the environment.

To benefit the environment in which we live, different strategies have been developed that benefit the planet. Most of the ways are to use organic material and things that disintegrate easily, without harming nature and causing a reduction in environmental impact.

There are benefits in organic material and it is that it can be reused, but also recycled , creating new things from the collection of what is used. At this point, it is essential to select it in an appropriate way and classify it according to the different criteria.

Types of organic material

The different organic things can be classified in the following ways:

• Food : fruit peels or shells, vegetable residues, spoiled milk, oil, seeds, bones.
• Paper or cardboard: Their waste is made with vegetable fibers or vegetables , such as wood, obtaining the pulp from cellulose.
• Body waste: This is the remains of the body of animals and human beings, such as hair, animal hair, blood, nails, remains of skin, feathers, bones, among other waste.
• Fecal waste: In this case it is the feces of living beings: insects, animals or even human beings.
• Vegetables: In these we can find the pruning residues of shrubs and plants.

With this classification you can determine the objective of each of the organic things. In the case of paper and cardboard it can be easily recycled or reused, the rest can be used as compost.

Although there are exceptions, such as the eggshell, with which children can make creative things at school. Starting from the types of organic material, we can mention a variety of examples of organic things.

70 Examples of Organic Things

1. Cotton
2. Dead animals
3. Sawdust
4. Paper bags
5. Leather bags
6. Tea bags
7. Horse dung
8. Hair
9. Shells and discarded items from shellfish
10. Eggshells
11. Apple peels
12. Orange peels
13. Nutshell
14. Potato peel
15. Cucumber peels
16. Banana peel
17. Carrot peels
18. Cartons
19. Ashes
20. Grass and weeds
21. Spoiled food
22. Any cork material
23. Coffee waste
24. Different types of chopsticks
25. Scales and all kinds of fish remains
26. Fish bones
27. Cardboard packaging
28. Pet droppings
29. Human excrement
30. Flowers, even in a withered state
31. Menstrual flow
32. Decaying fruit
33. Gauze
34. Litter
35. Leaves of trees
36. Notebook or blog sheets
37. Sheets
38. Dried leaves of plants
39. Dried leaves of bushes
40. Animal bones
41. Human bones
42. Mango pits
43. Chicken bones
44. Beef bones
45. Urine from pets
46. Human urine
47. Handkerchiefs used
48. Straw
49. Toilet paper
50. Used kitchen paper
51. Office paper
52. Pieces of linen
53. Pieces of wood
54. Petals
55. Dry plant
56. Estate
57. Fallen branches of an old tree
58. Branches that fall when pruning a tree
59. Food waste
60. Grass residues
61. Waste of all kinds of nuts
62. Leftover meat
63. Leftover noodles
64. Leftover fruits and vegetables
65. Legume leftovers, such as chickpeas, beans, peas, soybeans, etc.
66. Leftover bread
67. Cotton clothes
68. Silk clothing or fabrics
69. Orange seeds
70. Watermelon seed
71. Avocado seed or pit
72. Napkins used
73. Cotton fabrics
74. Paper towels
75. Sanitary towels
76. Decomposing vegetable
77. Yerba mate
78. Leather shoes