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Operator Training National Conference Regional Workshops

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 :