Compost Club

Community Composting is all about bringing people in your community together, whether it's an existing community group such a neighborhood association, church, school, community garden or workplace; or a group coming together solely for this purpose, to divert their food waste, yard trimmings, and other organic matter, from landfill, and compost them instead. Community members can compost at home and use the compost in their own gardens. However, at-home composting doesn't generate enough heat to break down animal products (like meat, cheese, or bones) or biodegradable packaging. So the benefit of coming together as a community is that together you will have enough food waste to employ a local composting company to come and pick up your food waste from a centralized location, and these companies have the equipment to break down all food waste and compostable materials into useable compost! If your group is affiliated to a community garden the finished compost can even be used to fertilize your soil. Many municipal composting programs return composted food waste back to local farmers, creating higher-yield crops and reducing the need for chemical fertilizers.

Colin Smith

3 mois passés

Since starting our community compost project, we have made 10 compost piles and engaged over 50 community participants in making thermophilic compost using community and farm waste materials.

This funding allowed us to purchase materials to make the compost bins, buy tools, buckets, gloves, and other supplies.

Recently, we were able to partner with a local agricultural organization in order to host a Johnson Sue bioreactor training session with rural and urban participants from around Calgary

This was a big hit with all the over 30 participants and our bio reactors up and running. The funding allowed us to purchase the materials and equipment required to make this specialized type of compost bin.

We continue to host Compost Club on a regular basis with new participants coming to enjoy learning how to make hot compost piles and the benefits of soil and soil restoration

Mike Dorion rejoint Compost Club a Community Composting groupe environ un an passés

Colin Smith

environ un an passés

Action plan:

Timeline: We plan to start our project next week. We are going to gather our food and yard waste for composting and make a compost pile as soon as possible

Budget: We have to build a compost bin so we expect to have to buy some chicken wire and maybe some hand tools. We will have to find some wood chips and other materials that might have a delivery fee. We might get a composting expert to come teach us how to compost.

Impact: We will reduce waste from our households and create valuable compost for our gardens and natural areas. This will support biodiversity and keep waste out of the landfill

Location: We are working with a local urban farm and have a space to compost in. We will make a donation to the farm to support their mission of growing food for the food bank.

Susan Antler rejoint Compost Club a Community Composting groupe environ un an passés

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Colin Smith rejoint Compost Club a Community Composting groupe environ un an passés

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