Backyard Composting
The Regional District encourages and supports backyard composting as a cost effective and efficient waste reduction option. Home composting provides residents with the opportunity to process organic materials they produce. Each home composter unit has the potential to divert 200 - 300 kg of organic material from regional landfills annually. There are two important benefits:
- A useful product in the form of finished compost is produced by the active composter at home, without the need for curbside collection or delivery of materials to a centralized compost facility.
- A significant volume of organic material is diverted from landfill. This material would consume valuable landfill space, and contribute to harmful leachate production gas generation. Protecting valuable groundwater resources is a primary consideration.
For more info on backyard composting follow these links:
- purchase a backyard composter (while supplies last) from the Regional District
- how to compost
- composting alternatives
- be bear aware
- building the pile
- materials to compost
- materials to avoid
- northern concerns
- composting problems