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About the Capital Regional District (CRD) Kitchen Scraps Strategy Starting January 1, 2015 kitchen scraps will be restricted from your garbage. Organic materials, such as kitchen scraps, constitute approximately 30% of the waste at Hartland landfill. In order to achieve the region’s diversion goal of 70% by 2015, kitchen scraps must be removed from the garbage. How service is offered will depend upon where you live. Single family residences within certain municipalities will have access to a food scraps collection program in conjunction with their bi-weekly garbage collection. Multi-family residences (MFRs) including apart-ments, condominiums, townhouses and co-operative housing are generally serviced by private waste haulers who are obligated under the January 2015 kitchen scraps restriction to offer their customers a food waste collection ser-vice option. Below are some steps to assist multi-family residents with this new program.
Check with your property manager or landlord to find out the building’s plans for kitchen scrap diversion (see back for listings)
Ask your current garbage hauler if they collect food scraps and if not, what plans do they have for their clients to comply with the restriction.
Consider the possibility of dealing with kitchen waste on your property. Space allowing, there are multiple op-tions for on-site composting.
On-Site Composting and Food Waste Diversion for Multi-Family Residences There are many options to divert organic matter from the landfill and recycle this nutrient-rich resource, and on-site small-scale composting remains the most ecological and economic solution. Simply by composting, a typical household can divert more than 500 pounds of organic waste each year from the landfill, while creating rich, or-ganic soil amendment for home gardens.
The Green Cone Food Waste Digester can be used to dispose of kitchen waste and even pet waste (no yard waste) in a safe and effective manner. When installed into well-drained soil in full to moderate sun, the material breaks down into a nutrient-rich leachate that nourishes the surrounding soil. Pest-resistant and durable, there is no turning or maintenance necessary once installed.
The Earth Machine’s rodent-resistant design with locking lid is a backyard composter that enables residents to divert their fruit and vegetable scraps and yard waste into a rich soil amendment for their home gardens. Both units offer an opportunity to effectively deal with food waste at a resi-dential level in an extremely cost effective and environmentally positive manner. This provides residents with an opportunity to take responsibility for the food waste they produce, and to deal with it simply and effectively in their own backyard. Both units are available from the Com-post Education Centre
Large-Scale On-Site Composting Options There are larger-scale options available on the market which can handle the food waste from whole businesses, institutions and multi-family residences. These are generally in the form of electric composters and range greatly in size, design and price.
Please contact the Compost Education Centre directly to discuss these options
1216 North Park Street / Wed-Sat, 10am-4pm / [email protected] / 250-386-9676 / www.compost.bc.ca
Multi-Family Residential Composting Options
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Waste and Recycling Hauler Contact Information
Waste Management 250-544-8009
Alpine Disposal
250-474-5145
Progressive (formally BFI)
250-652-4414 [email protected]
Emterra 250-385-4399
www.emterra.ca/emterra-waste-victoria
reFUSE 250-381-6007
The Compost Education Centre (CEC) is a non-profit organization and registered charity that provides compost-
ing and conservation education to Capital Regional District (CRD) residents with the goal of reducing waste and
improving local soils through the use of compost. The CEC promotes ecological gardening as a means of reduc-
ing the health and environmental effects of chemical gardening practices as well as promoting the health, envi-
ronmental and social benefits of local food production.
1216 North Park Street
Victoria BC V8T 1C9
(250)-386-9676
www.compost.bc.ca
Wed-Sat 10am-4pm