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LandFULL: Saskatchewan Municipal Composting

by Teresa Prokopanko | Mar 28, 2019 | Reduce your Waste, Waste Reduction | 0 comments

When your landfill has less than 50 years of life remaining before you face a $150 million bill to decommission it and create a new one, it’s time to fire up the calculator. The longer you can extend the life of your landfill, the longer you can put off that expense....

Vermicompost Troubleshooting

by Teresa Prokopanko | Jan 15, 2019 | Reduce your Waste, Tips for Home, Tips for Work

Feeling stuck indoors this winter? Don’t have a compost-friendly outdoor space? Want to sneak in pets under your landlord’s nose? Try composting with worms! In this post, we help you troubleshoot some of the issues that can arise as you navigate your vermicomposting bin.

How to Recycle Plastics

by Teresa Prokopanko | Dec 19, 2018 | Recycling, Reduce your Waste | 11 comments

For all recycling gets a bad rap, the fact remains that 90.5% of the plastic ever produced has not been recycled and has instead gone to take up space in landfills around the world. It’s the final R, but a crucial one, if we want to protect our land and water...

Fruit Flies Begone!

by Teresa Prokopanko | Dec 14, 2018 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

Fruit flies: they’re harmless and tiny (and the only fly I can actually effectively kill with a swat) but they sure can be annoying. What can you do if your compost bucket seems to be generating them? Rest easy – fruit flies are relatively easy to conquer!...