Tag: compost
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Coquitlam Says Enough of Your Baggage
Coquitlam wants residents to know that no plastic bags, whether labelled biodegradable, compostable, or ‘municipality-approved’ are allowed in the Green Cart. The City monitors contamination in Green Carts at pickup time and there are high contamination levels due to plastic bags being used to contain green waste. Plastic, compostable bags, and other non-organic contaminants are…
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Local Solutions to Local Compost Issues
Listening to the CBC Early Edition this morning and it was interesting to hear about Luke’s Corner Bar and Kitchen’s attempts to deal with their own compost waste in-house. However, first a little background on compostable waste. Currently there is a move to separate compostable waste out of the garbage “stream” and waste management businesses…