Pictou County Solid Waste making gains

JOHN BRANNEN - THE NEWS

Lloyd Himmelman moves some newly sorted compost at the Pictou County Soild Waste organic waste facility on Mar. 6. According to PCSW staff, the amount of organic waste has increased substantially since a new sorting/waste reduction strategy was...

Published on March 6, 2013; Published on March 6, 2013
John Brannen

Topics :: Pictou County , MOUNT WILLIAM

MOUNT WILLIAM - Pictou County Solid Waste (PCSW) is seeing some positive results from its new waste management strategy.

Susan MacDonald, Educator at PCSW said the amounts of organic waste have risen dramatically while non-recyclable waste has dropped.

The policy, which tageted poor-sorting practices by consumers at fast food restaurants, has seen those establishments increase the amount of organic waste produced.

The organic waste is then sorted by PCSW and is turned into compost in about a year.

More to follow later today.

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