BEACONSFIELD – The city of Beaconsfield has been granted a $113,850 Green Municipal Fund to start a pilot project aimed at reducing waste and encouraging residents to start home compost projects.
The project has just started its first phase.
It will supply five per cent of Beaconsfield’s 6,000 residents with tools to start their composts.
These residents will have to to measure how much garbage they throw out.
From there, participants will choose a bin – sized to accommodate the amount of waste they produce – and will work on reducing how much they throw out over the period of 12 months.
The goal is to reduce the amount of garbage sent to landfills and create active participation around the neighbourhood when it comes to disposing of waste.
“I am grateful to the FCM and the federal government for supporting this opportunity,” said Wade Staddon, a Beaconsfield city councillor.
The project is being led by an volunteers called Master Composters.
The second phase is scheduled to start in November.
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