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July 2013
Composting by households in Canada
by Iman Mustapha
Release date: July 10, 2013
Residential composting can reduce the amount of waste shipped to landfill, and reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions formed from organic material decomposing in these landfills. A number of municipalities have introduced composting programs to turn organic waste into compost. This study looks at composting by Canadian households using data from the 2011 Households and the Environment Survey.
Households and the Environment Survey: no. 3881
Environment – Pollution and waste
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