{"id":37,"date":"2017-04-04T14:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T21:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2017-04-13T17:20:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T00:20:59","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What you can put in your own personal compost and what you can put in your municipal kitchen waste are two different things. If you have a compost box in your back yard DON&#8217;T put bread, grains, corn, meat products or anything that will attract unwelcome visitors (RATS!), \u00a0but all these things can all go into your kitchen waste scrap bag.<\/p>\n<div>Municipalities differ in what they will accept but generally DON&#8217;T put the following in your kitchen waste:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<\/p>\n<li>Yard or garden waste<\/li>\n<li>Plastic or plastic lined paper products<\/li>\n<li>Pet waste and litter<\/li>\n<li>Styrofoam<\/li>\n<li>Sanitary products and diapers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are some examples of kitchen waste program where you can check what is acceptable. If your municipality is not listed you can easily google their website for particulars.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Vancouver<\/u><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/home-property-development\/what-food-scraps-and-yard-waste-go-in-green-bins.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/home-property-development\/what-food-scraps-and-yard-waste-go-in-green-bins.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491927653076000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0hGUVf-sZL-ZOQdbRJ2VijakMuA\">http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/home-<wbr \/>property-development\/what-<wbr \/>food-scraps-and-yard-waste-go-<wbr \/>in-green-bins.aspx<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Victoria<\/u><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victoria.ca\/EN\/main\/residents\/garbage-recycling.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.victoria.ca\/EN\/main\/residents\/garbage-recycling.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491927653076000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGWbPZR7hsE-yCL_6TWpBZQZOjDNg\">http:\/\/www.victoria.ca\/EN\/<wbr \/>main\/residents\/garbage-<wbr \/>recycling.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Burnaby<\/u><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnaby.ca\/City-Services\/Garbage---Recycling\/Single-Family-Collection---Schedule\/Single-Family-Green-Bin-Guidelines.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.burnaby.ca\/City-Services\/Garbage---Recycling\/Single-Family-Collection---Schedule\/Single-Family-Green-Bin-Guidelines.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491927653076000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHekewtesqKIxxL7QLMXSXzjLRIKA\">https:\/\/www.burnaby.ca\/City-<wbr \/>Services\/Garbage&#8212;Recycling\/<wbr \/>Single-Family-Collection&#8212;<wbr \/>Schedule\/Single-Family-Green-<wbr \/>Bin-Guidelines.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Surrey<\/u><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surrey.ca\/city-services\/14489.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.surrey.ca\/city-services\/14489.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491927653076000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCrWbnaGWwUk3B4H8cZKZo04aLaQ\">http:\/\/www.surrey.ca\/city-<wbr \/>services\/14489.aspx<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>North Cowichan<\/u><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northcowichan.ca\/EN\/main\/departments\/utilities\/curbside-collection-service\/organics.html#list\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.northcowichan.ca\/EN\/main\/departments\/utilities\/curbside-collection-service\/organics.html%23list&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491927653076000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQeQb0ep0aUu46lFUMx_jCYPZYpg\">http:\/\/www.northcowichan.ca\/<wbr \/>EN\/main\/departments\/utilities\/<wbr \/>curbside-collection-service\/<wbr \/>organics.html#list<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Oak Bay<\/u><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oakbay.ca\/municipal-services\/gargage-recycling\/recycling-organics\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.oakbay.ca\/municipal-services\/gargage-recycling\/recycling-organics&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491927653076000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1XMZQVjoFl9AzBykL_oLsBP9tkA\">https:\/\/www.oakbay.ca\/<wbr \/>municipal-services\/gargage-<wbr \/>recycling\/recycling-organics<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, reducing our organic waste footprint can be achieved by wearing decomposing organisms&#8230; This great Ted Talks explains how!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_7rS_d1fiUc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">What you can put in your own personal compost and what you can put in your municipal kitchen waste are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49284,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/compostquality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}