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Backyard Composters



Reduce your household waste and help the environment by composting at home. Turn uncooked vegetable and fruit scraps, coffee grounds and filters, egg shells, tea bags, and yard trimmings (leaves, grass, weeds, etc) into a nutrient-rich soil conditioner. The City offers backyard composters through a special program for its residents. A composter measures about 85 centimetres at the base, and is 85 centimetres high. The body consists of two snap-together pieces for easy transportation, and it comes with a detailed instruction manual.

How to get a composter
Composters are available to City of Vancouver residents for $25 each, including taxes (about half cost) at:

•Vancouver South Transfer Station
377 West Kent Avenue North.
(Use the line-up for the weigh scales. Approach the station from the east on Kent Ave. Left turns are not allowed if you come from the west.)

•For hours of operations and directions, go to Vancouver Transfer Station

•Proof of residency is required.

How to make compost
For information on how to make compost in your new backyard bin check out  City Farmer's Step-by-Step Photo Guide to BackYard Composting or check out the North Shore Recycling Programs Composters video page.


Visit www.cityfarmer.org/composting.html for Composting Information in Cantonese


Visit www.cityfarmer.org/composting.html for Composting Information in Mandarin


Visit www.cityfarmer.org/composting1.html for Composting Information in Punjabi
Worm Composting (for Apartments)
Do you want to compost, but live in an apartment and don't have a backyard? Worm Composting allows you to turn your uncooked vegetable and fruit scraps, coffee grounds and filters, egg shells, etcetera into a nutrient-rich soil conditioner for your plants.

The City has a limited number of Worm Composters available at the low price of $25. The units come complete with the bin, lid and tray, worms, bedding and instructions, and a mandatory one hour workshop at the Compost Demonstration Garden.

To register for the workshops or to get more information, call the Compost Hotline at 604.736.2250. For a slideshow demonstration of worm composting check out  City Farmer's Photo Guide to Worm Composting (Note: Link will open into a new window).

kipposhi

This is so smelly!

布小熊

i want to have a composter... but i live in an apartment....

sheep

This is so smelly!
kipposhi 發表於 2009-10-14 23:42

no, it won't smell if you put veggie stuff but not waste food, meat etc.

zuesel

...but....worms.....??????

布小熊

worms are good! btw i've been using worm tea for my plants. Works really well. and no smell at all.

sheep

worms? you mean 蚯蚓
They should come with the box.
The worm's poo are fertilizer
I was told that it work like this,
Put the veggie like peels from potato etc and soil in alternate layers
let the worms do their job that is to eat the veggie.
After a while, all veggie becomes composite soil, then
starve the worms for a while, put some veggie in a net like bag to collect the worms for the next use.

tsumorichisato

There's no smell ga and no worms n' stuff as far as I am aware of cuz I have one in my backyard. You can't put any cooked veggie there as well.