Composting
Up to 50% of your waste can be 100% green when composting! Landfill capacity is an increasing problem in Canada and shipping our waste to other countries is not a long term solution. However, we can contribute solving this. In most boroughs of Montreal you can find compost curbside pickup programs. Therefore, composting can be as simple as keeping your food scraps in a bin until pickup.
As an alternative, you can follow these easy steps and get composting yourself!
1. Start your compost pile on bare earth or your permanent bin/tumblers. Worms and other helpful organisms will aerate the compost and start the magic.
2. Lay twigs or straw first, a few inches deep. This aids drainage and helps aerate the pile.
3. Add compost materials in layers, alternating moist and dry. Moist ingredients include food scraps, tea bags, seaweed, etc. Dry materials include straw, leaves, sawdust pellets and wood ashes.
4. Add manure, green manure (clover, buckwheat, wheatgrass or grass clippings) or any nitrogen source. This activates the compost pile and speeds the process.
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