i understand that might be a theory but i'd guess that it does not hold up to scrutiny. most organic matter is made up of high concentrations of water (apples 84% for example) and once that drains away into the ground the actual volume or organics or carbon left over (apple peel) from your kitchen scraps is minimal.
We have so many woody prunings that it's a struggle to get rid of them. When we first moved into our house we had an incinerator. It was great, then we spread the ash on the garden. These days, trying to take woody prunings to the city yard in a passenger car is a real challenge. It would cost us an arm and a leg to have them hauled away several times a year. That's why I find the city extremely frustrating in this matter. One piddly pick-up a year, at a time when nothing has started growing yet. My friend in Ontario says they have several pick-ups a year.
We also have a huge compost heap and even if we had the energy to dig it all out, we simply have no place to put it all. We have a small greenhouse with planters and lots of tubs growing vegetables, but there's only so much compost one can use.
Edited by mbjj, 26 April 2020 - 07:12 AM.