Composting in Manitoba

摘要

In 1996 an estimated 950,000 tonnes of waste (840 kg/person/year) was disposed in Manitoba. This represents a decrease of 16 per cent in the amount of waste disposed per capita between 1989 and 1996. Manitoba had set a waste reduction goal of 50 per cent by the year 2000 and had planned to achieve this by reducing waste going to landfill to 500 kg/person/year. The goal was not achieved; the current 786 kg/capita is a 21 per cent reduction, marginally lower than the national average but considerably higher than Nova Scotia's generation rate of just 417 kg/capita.