Comments on: Zero Waste http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2008/05/29/zero-waste/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Brandon http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2008/05/29/zero-waste/#comment-75 Brandon Fri, 30 May 2008 15:13:05 +0000 http://mayorofguelph.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-75 Although I think there are limits to what one city can do in isolation, I think it is VERY important to embrace such a vision. Then maybe we can get other cities on board and start pressing higher levels of government for support. I can't come to the Solid Waste Management open house, but here's the idea I was going to share... Why not try to starting decentralized, smaller wet waste management? Where everyone in the neighbourhood puts out their pale of wet waste once a week and they are collected by paid local residents (using trailers/wagons/whatever provided by the city) and taken to a vermiculture composting shed close by. It would involve slight changes in what could be considered "wet" waste (some stuff that currently goes into the green bags doesn't compost well and would have to start going into clear bags for pick-up) but it would greatly reduce the amount of waste that was trucked around the city by garbage men and it would provide free, high-quality compost for local residents. I don't imagine you'd have to hire more garbage men to collect the compost pales. There's no reason why students couldn't be hired to do it. Kinda like a paper route. Anyways, that's my idea. I hope the meeting goes well. Thanks! Although I think there are limits to what one city can do in isolation, I think it is VERY important to embrace such a vision. Then maybe we can get other cities on board and start pressing higher levels of government for support.

I can’t come to the Solid Waste Management open house, but here’s the idea I was going to share…

Why not try to starting decentralized, smaller wet waste management? Where everyone in the neighbourhood puts out their pale of wet waste once a week and they are collected by paid local residents (using trailers/wagons/whatever provided by the city) and taken to a vermiculture composting shed close by. It would involve slight changes in what could be considered “wet” waste (some stuff that currently goes into the green bags doesn’t compost well and would have to start going into clear bags for pick-up) but it would greatly reduce the amount of waste that was trucked around the city by garbage men and it would provide free, high-quality compost for local residents. I don’t imagine you’d have to hire more garbage men to collect the compost pales. There’s no reason why students couldn’t be hired to do it. Kinda like a paper route. Anyways, that’s my idea. I hope the meeting goes well. Thanks!

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