Organics

By providing North Cowichan households with organics collection, we are preventing even more material from being transported to and stored indefinitely in a landfill (see below).

Why Compost?

According to the following graph, organics account for approximately 31% of all household waste (the largest proportion of our waste stream). Composting allows us to separate these organics and return their nutrients to our soil instead of sequestering their value in garbage that ends up in a landfill.

 

 (2004 Regional District of Nanaimo Waste Composition Study)

 

On the following pages you will find information about our Kitchen Pitch In Organic Curbside Collection service as well as backyard composting:

For more information, please contact:

North Cowichan Public Works Department
Phone: 250-746-3106
Fax: 250-746-3154