Students Composting: Apartment Style

Moving into residence or an apartment usually means that “avid composters” lose their motivation to put organic waste in what my family calls “the slop bucket”. In Toronto and surrounding area, the green bin program allows residents to put their compost at the side of the street, much like garbage or recycling. The bin can even take things like used paper towels, paper plates and diapers. Since its introduction in 2005, the program has seen, on average, each participating household divert 200 kg of organics from the landfill annually. Unfortunately, the program is not available for apartment (or college and university residence) habitants. The city doesn’t know how effective the program would be in multi-unit buildings. Although, a friend of mine recently moved into a Toronto apartment and the landlords have set up a green... [read full story]