Composting

Composting can divert up to 50% of waste from the landfill.

Community Compost 
A community compost is available at Quigley Landfill. You can also drop off your compost at one of our three compost bins located 

• Bottom of Dome Road
• Parking lot of the Art & Margaret Fry Recreation Centre
• Dredge Pond Subdivision

Please note — ONLY compostable (not biodegradable) bags can go in the compost.

What can you put in the community compost?             

• Food Soiled Paper Products: paper bags, paper napkins, paper towel, parchment and waxed paper, pizza boxes, newspaper, used paper dishes (no plastic coating) 
• Food and Plant Items: Dairy products, including cheese and yogurt, egg shells, fruit and vegetable scraps, meat, bones, fish and seafood shells,
  noodles, rice, beans, grains and bread, small amounts of fat and oil, teabags, coffee grounds and filters, tissue paper (no blood or fecal matter),
  plant trimmings, leaves and grass clippings, short branches and pruning, plants of weeds and flowers, sawdust and woodchips
• Specially Designed COMPOSTABLE Products: compostable spoons, cups, plates, paper plates with no plastic coating, compostable takeout containers, compostable bags

What can you NOT put in community compost?  Toilet paper, pet feces & fecal matter, cigarettes, carcasses, glass, plastic, biodegradable plastic bags, plastic coated paper items, and hazardous waste. 

Backyard Composting
You can also compost in your back yard.  Back yard composting:

• produces an excellent free soil conditioner that will improve soil and the plants growing in it
• can reduce household garbage by one-third to one-half