Does piling up branches and leaves and composting vegetation trap CO2 or do the organisms which break down this material release the CO2?
We burn logs at home, having grown the trees ourselves, but are in a quandary about disposing of the branches (deciduous and conifer) and conifer needles. Burning releases the CO2 into the atmosphere but piling it all up in a corner might "trap it"? Council composting depots might be carbon capture plants.... (not meant to be a pun). Even it this were the case I do not see how we can scale it up to a meaningful size.
