This sounds strange, but composting is actually not considered recycling. Materials that can be gathered and reprocessed into new materials are called recycling. Materials such as glass, metal, plastic, paper, etc.
Things that are biodegradable are not considered to be recycled. So don’t mix up your garden waste, trees, food waste, leaves with recycled materials. Making a compost pile is the best way to get rid of biodegradable wastes. Instead of adding more stuff to the waste treatment plant or landfill, compost them in your backyard.
Buy a small compost bucket and put on your kitchen counter and a large compost bin in your backyard. Although you probably can do just fine making a designated area in the backyard, but it’ll cleaner if you have a heavily wooded area with wild animals. They can definitely make a mess of your compost.