Ottawa Compost Program

Compostable materials: All food scraps. For all questions about the pen recycling program email Brigitte Morin, waste diversion coordinator.

OTTAWA — After much debate and years of planning, the new green bin program kicks off this month. Following the lead of other major cities, including Toronto, Vancouver and Saint John, New Brunswick, Ottawa's. Search Results Disposal Methods; Acetone: Hazardous Waste Depot: Acids: Prohibited (see instructions), Hazardous Waste Depot: Aerosol Air Freshener (empty) Blue Box, Grey Front End Loading Container: Aerosol Cans (empty) Blue.

A timeline about Orgaworld, its contract with the City of Ottawa and the green-bin program. The program's purpose is to reduce the amount of waste shipped to landfills by turning organic waste into compost. The programs collect kitchen and related. Ottawa, Ontario has a Green Bin program in operation since. Likely to compost in Quebec (42%) and Newfoundland. Ottawa Green Bin Program 2010 Weekly. Composting by households in Canada. Composting by households in Canada. Ottawa: Green Bin Program: 2010: Weekly: Moncton: Wet/Dry Waste Separation Program. The two CMAs with households least likely to compost were both in the province of Quebec.

Composting by households in Canadaby Iman Mustapha, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division. Some municipalities have introduced composting programs to increase participation and reduce the amount of waste shipped to landfills.

Do not use regular plastic bags or plastic biodegradable compost bags in the Green Bin. Kitty litter and animal bedding is acceptable in the Green Bin program; Animal feces is not accepted in the Green Bin program. County Recycling Program Contact Information Ottawa County Recycling Contact Holland MI 49424 Matt Allen Ottawa County Environmental Health Dept. Ste 200 616-393-5645 616-393-5643 mallen@miottawa.org http://www.

In 2. 01. 1, over half of Canadian households (6. Forty- five percent of all households reported composting kitchen waste and 6. In 2. 01. 1, 6. 3% of Canadian households that had composted their yard waste and 6. The rest used a compost bin or pile or some other method to compost. The type of dwelling a household occupied was directly related to the rate of composting. Over 5. 0% of households in detached or single dwellings reported composting their kitchen waste, compared to 2.

This reflects the fact that many apartment dwellers can find it difficult to compost. End of text box. Introduction. In 2. 00. 8, Canadian households produced 1. Of this total, 8. Residential waste disposal decreased by 4.

Note 1. Residential composting can reduce the amount of waste shipped to landfill, and reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions formed from organic material decomposing in these landfills. A number of municipalities have introduced composting programs to turn organic waste into compost.

Some municipal programs include set curbside collection schedules allowing households convenient access to the program to encourage participation (Table 1). Composting program. Introduced. Collection. Ottawa. Green Bin Program.

Weekly. Moncton. Wet/Dry Waste Separation Program. Weekly. Hamilton. Green Cart Program. Weekly. Edmonton. Edmonton Waste Management Centre.

Weekly. Vancouver. Food Scraps Recycling Program. Bi- weekly or weekly. Start of text box. What you should know about this study.

This study is based on data from the 2. Households and the Environment Survey (HES), which was conducted as part of the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators initiative.

Respondents were asked to report if they had participated in any type of composting and the methods that were used to compost either kitchen or yard waste. Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) consist of one or more municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 1. Not all CMAs are represented in the analysis of all variables in this study as some results were suppressed for data quality reasons. There were various criteria for reporting results of a given CMA, including that the statistics had to have a coefficient of variation (CV) no higher than 3.

Values noted as F in the data tables indicate cases where fewer than 2. Values that had a CV between 1.

E in the data table. End of text box. Composting rates for Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas in 2. In 2. 01. 1, over half of Canadian households (6. Forty- five percent of all households reported composting kitchen waste and 6.

Table 2). Composted kitchen and/or yard waste. Note 1. Composted kitchen waste.

Note 1. Composted yard waste. Note 2percent. Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador.

Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotia. 94. 92. New Brunswick. 58. Quebec. 42. 25. 51.

Ontario. 75. 62. 82. Manitoba. 56. 27. Saskatchewan. 47. Alberta. 56. 30. 59. British Columbia.

All census metropolitan area (CMA) households. St. John's. 53. 32.

Halifax. 93. 92. 86. Moncton. 57. 47. 67. Saint John. 83. 77.

Saguenay. 30. 23. Note E: Use with caution. Note E: Use with caution. Qu. Catharines–Niagara.

Kitchener- Cambridge–Waterloo. Brantford. 65. 32. Guelph. 87. 79. 93. London. 68. 33. 83. Windsor. 77. 31. Note E: Use with caution.

Barrie. 74. 59. 76. Greater Sudbury. 69. Thunder Bay. 68. 35.

Winnipeg. 53. 24. Regina. 45. 31. Note E: Use with caution. Saskatoon. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published.

Note E: Use with caution. Calgary. 52. 27. 56. Edmonton. Note 3. Kelowna. 73. 36. Note E: Use with caution.

Abbotsford–Mission. Note E: Use with caution. Note E: Use with caution. Vancouver. 56. 34. Victoria. 78. 58.

Non- CMA6. 34. 36. Households in Prince Edward Island (9. Nova Scotia (9. 4%) were most likely to have composted.

These rates reflect the presence of strict waste management regulations in both provinces. Note 2 Households were least likely to compost in Quebec (4. Newfoundland and Labrador (4. Participation in some type of composting activity varied widely between census metropolitan areas (CMAs). Nevertheless, composting was widely practiced. With the exception of six CMAs, more than half of the households in the remaining CMAs reported composting in 2. Ninety- three percent of households in Halifax reported composting either kitchen and/or yard waste.

This was followed by households in Guelph (8. Saint John (8. 3%) and Kingston (8. The two CMAs with households least likely to compost were both in the province of Quebec, with 3. Saguenay reporting they composted, followed by Trois- Rivi. Seventy- six percent of households in the largest CMA, Toronto, composted in 2. Forty percent of households in Montr. The smallest increase was observed in British Columbia, up to 6.

Description for chart 1. In 2. 01. 1, 6. 3% of Canadian households that had composted their yard waste used a curbside collection system.

However, almost one- third of households (3. Another 1. 2% reported using a depot or other means to compost their yard waste. More than half (6. A small percentage had disposed of their kitchen waste by taking it to a depot or using an alternative composting practice (5%). Note 3. In almost all of the selected CMAs, households were most likely to have used curbside collection for their kitchen and/or yard waste. Between 2. 00. 7 and 2.

Table 3). This increase is due to the introduction of a weekly curbside kitchen waste composting program in 2. Note 4. Table 3. Composting by curbside collection, by selected census metropolitan areas, 2. Table summary. This table displays the results of composting by curbside collection 2. Change 2. 00. 7 to 2.

Canada. 33. 40. 41. St. John's. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published.

Note E: Use with caution. Note ..: not applicable. Halifax. 83. 85. 90. Moncton. 57. 70. 44- 1.

Saint John. 55. 70. Saguenay. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note ..: not applicable.

Qu. Catharines–Niagara. Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo. Brantford. 41. 49.

Guelph. 68. 66. 73. London. 40. 47. 42.

Windsor. 53. 50. 58. Barrie. 65. 74. 62- 3. Greater Sudbury. 30. Thunder Bay. 26. 42. Winnipeg. 17. Note E: Use with caution. Note F: too unreliable to be published.

Note E: Use with caution- 1. Note E: Use with caution.

Regina. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note ..: not applicable. Saskatoon. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published.

Note ..: not applicable. Calgary. 11. 13. 20. Edmonton. 30. 38. Kelowna. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note E: Use with caution. Note ..: not applicable. Abbotsford–Mission.

Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note E: Use with caution. Note ..: not applicable. Vancouver. 35. 38. Victoria. 14. Note E: Use with caution. Note E: Use with caution.

The introduction of similar municipal kitchen waste composting programs also contributed to increases in the use of curbside collection in Kingston (up 3. Sherbrooke and the overall Ottawa- Gatineau region (both up 2. Greater Sudbury (up 2. In general, some of the reasons that Canadians cited for not composting included not having a compost bin, or access to a municipal composting program. Other reasons offered by households included the possibility that wildlife or vermin might be attracted to the compost bin, that composting was time consuming, that composting took up too much space or residents were unsure of what could be composted. Also, some reasons provided were that composting was not convenient or that materials were not collected often enough.

However, 1. 0% of Canadian households reported having access to a municipal composting or organics collection program for kitchen and/or yard waste but did not use it. Dwelling type. The type of dwelling a household occupied was directly related to the rate of composting. This reflects the fact that many apartment dwellers can find it difficult to compost. Income. When examining household incomes and composting behaviours, it was found that the greater the income, the greater likelihood that the household composted (Chart 2). This applied to composting both yard and kitchen waste.

Description for chart 2. Composting rates were found to be the highest where Canadians’ household incomes were greater than $1. Seventy- six percent of households with incomes greater than $1. Fifty- six percent of these households composted kitchen waste, while 7.

For both kitchen and yard waste composting, these higher- income households mostly used a curbside collection system provided by the municipality while the remainder used a depot or compost pile (Table 4). Composted kitchen and/or yard waste.

Note 1. Composted kitchen waste. Note 1. Composted kitchen waste. Composted yard waste. Note 3. Composted yard waste. Curbside collection. Note 2. Depot or compost pile.

Note 2. Curbside collection. Note 4. Depot or compost pile. Note 4percent. Canada.

Dwelling Type Single detached. Double. 77. 54. 76. Note E: Use with caution. Note E: Use with caution. Row or terrace. 54.

Note E: Use with caution. Note E: Use with caution. Duplex. 56. 37. 64. Low- rise apartment.

Note E: Use with caution. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published.

High- rise apartment. Note E: Use with caution.

Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Note F: too unreliable to be published. Tenure Owned. 72.

Not owned. 34. 28. Education       0 to 8 years or some secondary.

Grade 1. 1 to 1. 3, graduate. Some post- secondary, or post- secondary certificate or diploma. University. 67. 50. Income Less than $2.