Composting is a great way to reduce the size of landfills and turn food waste into a useful product, but little gets said about the ways in which composting can be dangerous. Did you know that compost piles are very flammable and under the right conditions they can spontaneously combust? Some fires in commercial composting facilities have even tied up multiple fire departments. Compost can also contain numerous pathogens that can cause people all kinds of diseases, such as histoplasmosis or potentially deadly infections. To see more on the subject, check out our new article on composting hazards.