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Is contamination in compost a big deal?
A little contamination isn’t a big deal, right? Let’s say new regulations are put in place in your area, and your apartment building decides to implement a system to separate food scraps from trash...
Is contamination in compost a big deal?
A little contamination isn’t a big deal, right? Let’s say new regulations are put in place in your area, and your apartment building decides to implement a system to separate food scraps from trash...

What if I Don’t Separate Food Scraps?
Why should you change? You know that you need a driver’s license to drive a vehicle on roads and highways. You know you’re not allowed to litter in public places....
What if I Don’t Separate Food Scraps?
Why should you change? You know that you need a driver’s license to drive a vehicle on roads and highways. You know you’re not allowed to litter in public places....

Why Bother Separating Food Scraps?
Landfills are Becoming Land-full When you buy a loaf of bread at the grocery store, you’ll also be coming home with a plastic bag and plastic clip. A week later, when the...
Why Bother Separating Food Scraps?
Landfills are Becoming Land-full When you buy a loaf of bread at the grocery store, you’ll also be coming home with a plastic bag and plastic clip. A week later, when the...

Gary Bilbro on the O-Town Compost Podcast
Gary has been a mentor to Charlie from the beginning of O-Town Compost. He founded his own composting company in Charleston, SC, SMART Recycling, and is a wealth of experience...
Gary Bilbro on the O-Town Compost Podcast
Gary has been a mentor to Charlie from the beginning of O-Town Compost. He founded his own composting company in Charleston, SC, SMART Recycling, and is a wealth of experience...

Case Study: Collecting Food Scraps in San Franc...
Why do we need to collect organics and food scraps? In the United States, over 31 percent of the trash that goes to landfills is compostable. This works out to roughly 133...
Case Study: Collecting Food Scraps in San Franc...
Why do we need to collect organics and food scraps? In the United States, over 31 percent of the trash that goes to landfills is compostable. This works out to roughly 133...

Case Study – EcoSafe Curbside Program in Gibson...
Gibsons, BC – Case Study On average, a household will generate about 5lbs of organic waste every week. Unfortunately, organic waste collection hasn’t been developed and implemented like recycling, and...
Case Study – EcoSafe Curbside Program in Gibson...
Gibsons, BC – Case Study On average, a household will generate about 5lbs of organic waste every week. Unfortunately, organic waste collection hasn’t been developed and implemented like recycling, and...