Composting at Home - The City of Red Deer

Want to learn how to compost?

Related Links:
Learn to compost on your own
from these great resources:

Backyard Composting from Alberta Environment & Water

Vermicomposting from Alberta Environment & Water

City of Edmonton Composting brochure

City of Edmonton how to make your own compost bin

Green Calgary's Compost Guide
Composting video from The City of Calgary
North Shore Recycling Program's How Composting Works video
Wiggly Worm's composting rap video

Shell FuellingChange
This program aims to increase awareness and participation in composting of household organics at home. It has been selected by Shell FuellingChange to receive a $10,000 grant. But the program can receive an additional grant for a total of $25,000 if it is in 8th place or higher in the voting process. So please go online and vote at fuellingchange.com.

Voting is easy!
1. Visit fuellingchange.com
2. Create a profile, which requires only your email address and province of residence
3. Automatically receive 10 votes
4. Search Residential Composting for Red Deerians to cast your votes
5. Gain additional votes by using receipts from a Shell retail location
6. Cast your votes before April 30, 2012

The City of Red Deer wants to help you get started. We are now signing people up for our Composting at Home program. Interested Red Deer residents will receive all the training and tools needed to start composting. If you are interested email environmental.initiatives@reddeer.ca.

What's involved?
The first 300 households will receive:
• Free compost bin
• Free kitchen catcher to store organic waste from your kitchen
• Free aerating tool to help get air circulating in your composter
• Free workshop to train you to compost
• Free access to expertise & help throughout the process

Participants must:
• Live in the city of Red Deer
• Not be currently composting but want to learn
• Attend a composting workshop
• Commit to composting for one year
• Measure and report on your results and experience

If you meet these requirements and are willing to make the commitment, email us at environmental.initiatives@reddeer.ca and we will send you an introductory survey. Once you have completed the survey we will send you a list of workshop dates and a tool to track your trash until the workshop. At the workshop you will receive the tools and training you need, and sign a commitment form. Then you will be ready to start! See more program details here.

What if I already compost?
If you already compost and want to spread the word, take our survey or put a sign on your lawn. You will receive a kitchen catcher or a Wing-digger compost aerating tool. Email us at environmental.initiatives@reddeer.ca.