Friday, April 30, 2010

A tribute to compost bins

University of Waterloo Community Garden.


Centralized composting - residential green bin for organics collection in Region of Waterloo, Ontario.


Peterborough, Ontario Ecology Garden.


Backyard digester (anaerobic composting).


Large backyard compost bins.


Backyard compost bins outside of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo - these are distributed to residents at no charge from the Region of Waterloo.

Grand House, Student Housing Co-op - Cambridge, Ontario


Compost section of garbages at a Toronto Hospital (Photo by Adrian Hegedus-Viola).


Willow Green Community Garden in Kitchener, Ontario.For sale at the Municipal building in Cobourg, Ontario - tumbler-style composters (though I cannot vouch for how well these work).
Shared bin for residential organics collection in Spormaggiore, Italy.

Compost receptacles in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Nova Scotia.


Shared residential compost bins in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The garbage can on the left contains wood shavings for residents to sprinkle on top of the compost they dump in.

Receptacle for compostables in a washroom at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

In an office kitchen at Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site.

Ah, the sweet compond at Kew Gardens!

Spiffy backyard compost bin in Wellington, Ontario.
Varsity View Bishop Murray Community Garden, Saskatoon.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Moncton dumpsters make us smile

A photo sent from Karen of dumpsters in Moncton, New Brunswick!
...They are all really funny, they all say things like, "Smile" and "It's okay" and other really encouraging messages. It's really silly, but it always brightened my day. I dunno who funded that...