Did you know that food scraps and yard waste do NOT turn into soil in the landfill? Instead, it sits for a very long time and slowly breaks down, creating leachate (a toxic liquid that needs to be treated) and greenhouse gases like methane.
Pictured here are items from the 1970s, uncovered at a Calgary landfill almost 40 years later. These chicken bones, grass clippings and newspapers look very much the same as they did when they were put in the garbage, taking up valuable landfill space and creating harmful emissions.
Composting your food scraps and yard waste means we can:
- Create nutrient-rich compost to help new plants grow
- Conserves our precious landfill space for future generations
- Prevent harmful environmental emissions
Keep composting, Calgary!
