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Let’s Talk Trash - September 2022 - History of the Free Store

LTT - August 2022 - Humanure

    After writing about making kitchen/garden compost and peecycling in the past two Let’s Talk Trash articles, it now makes sense to turn to the other organic “waste” product we unavoidably generate - human excrement- also known as humanure. 

LTT - July 2022  Peecycling

Let’s Talk Trash - June 2022 - Making Compost

Currently, it’s estimated that organic waste represents 40% of material sent to BC landfills. This is not true of Lasqueti’s waste because no organics are permitted on the trash barge. This begs the question: what are locals doing with their organic waste? 

Hopefully many of you were able to recycle some (or all) of the old tires you’ve had hanging around your place through the recent Tire Round-Up Event sponsored by the qRD and Tire Stewardship BC (TSBC) at the end of April. Because of barge capacity, only 200 tires were able to leave Lasqueti.