Blog Archives
UWCC'S blogs from 2018 and earlier. For our recent blogs, check out our blog on Medium here.
Interesting Composting Facts
Chicken Manure is a great alternative for fertilizers: Chicken manure is not only a great fertilizer for gardens, but it is also a great...
Five Things You Never Knew You Could Compost
Among the numerous benefits associated with the composting, the process provides composters with a natural fertilizer while finding a...
A Different Type of Composting
The typical household composting operation consists of placing the leftover waste from human consumption in composting containers, and...
Solutions to Common Compost Problems
For the most part, composting should be easy: Reduce waste production by recycling organic materials. But sadly, you may run into some...
The Region of Waterloo’s Waste Management Efforts
While the University of Waterloo’s Campus Compost is continuously making an impact on campus, how is the Region of Waterloo helping the...
Composting on Vacation
You are relaxing somewhere nice and calm: at the beach, in a cottage, at an amusement park. Anywhere but Waterloo, studying for your...
DIY Kitchen Compost Bin
As there are more compost bins being implemented on UW’s campus, it will be a whole lot easier to compost our food and organic waste. But...
The Plight of the Modern Omnivore: The Realities behind Food
As creatures of the city, we have become accustomed to the seemingly natural supermarket. We browse down aisles of food without a second...
Biodegradable Plastic Challenge
Many of us may wonder why biodegradable plastic is not widely used, despite its presumed ability to decompose in a shorter amount of time...
Winter 2017 Notice
Due to our drum decomposition speed in winter temperatures and weather conditions, we are not collecting from our locations this term....
Composting: Seeing Beyond the Process
A child in Waterloo plays glumly with a blue truck on his driveway. He pretends it’s a garbage truck, and he imagines himself driving...