04-17-2015, 10:40 AM
A new facility in Oakville was built a few years ago to generate electricity from methane gas in one of their landfills. It's not uncommon for it to be used to power boilers, or even to produce electricity.
I think that home composting will always be a niche thing. A backyard composter requires some management, and the mix of organics that a typical household produces will probably not be ideal for producing good quality compost without additions. Your average backyard composter also doesn't achieve temperatures high enough to kill pathogens. I think it's common for this and other reasons not to compost things like meat waste. A lot of these things will not break down in a backyard composter in a reasonable amount of time, anyway.
I personally don't understand why someone would find green waste sorting to be a challenge.
I think that home composting will always be a niche thing. A backyard composter requires some management, and the mix of organics that a typical household produces will probably not be ideal for producing good quality compost without additions. Your average backyard composter also doesn't achieve temperatures high enough to kill pathogens. I think it's common for this and other reasons not to compost things like meat waste. A lot of these things will not break down in a backyard composter in a reasonable amount of time, anyway.
I personally don't understand why someone would find green waste sorting to be a challenge.