I would imagine that using your kitchen waste as compost is far better than letting it go to a landfill.

It would be better to grow trees. Grass dosent have much mass and rots fairly easy, while logs tend to stick around a while

Burning leaves is essentially returning the bulk of the carbon in the plant material straight back into the atmosphere.

I think you are right about the guide too. It certainly couldnt hurt to get more info out to help reduce the small completely unnecesary additions of CO2 to the atmosphere