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Types Leaf & Yard Food Residuals Wood Manure Fish Waste Biosolids – waste water; pulp & paper
Sources Residential IC&I Agricultural Waste Water Natural Resources
Composting in Canada Million Tonnes Processed Annually
Garden & Wood Waste Food Waste Biosolids Manures
Processing Windrows Static Aerated Piles – covered or not In-Vessel –Troughs –Containers Anaerobic Digestion followed by composting
Approaches Municipally-run Public-Private Partnership –put or pay –design, build, operate Private operation
Challenges Siting Process management – odours, leachate, vectors Operational experience Ongoing community relations The time factor for finished compost
Compost Benefits Organic matter Moisture retention Fertility Microbial life Disease resistance Drainage Structure Micronutrients
Compost Markets Manufactured Topsoil Growing Mixes Mulches Specialty Applications
Compost Markets Topsoil manufacturing Turf establishment & maintenance General landscaping & gardening Erosion control Wetland construction Bioremediation
Product – consistency, availability, reliability Real-life experience to gain acceptance Recipes & Specifications
Priorities
Landfill Diversion Environmental Benefits Local Manufacturing and Markets
Stewardship
$70MM for Blue Box in Ontario 2 nd half of $9.6MM for MHSW $7MM of in-kind newspaper support in 2008 $216MM in 5 years to 200 municipalities $70MM for 75 projects for Efficiency & Effectiveness Projection of annual costs of $223.5MM
The Compost Council of Canada 16, rue Northumberland St. Toronto ON M6H 1P7 Ph./Tél. : (416) / GROW(4769) Fax/Téléc. : (416) / /Courriel :