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Table 4
Duration of household composting, 2006

  Months of composting kitchen waste per year
6 or fewer 7 to 9 10 to 12
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 23 11 66
Prince Edward Island F 0 98
Nova Scotia F 2 95
New Brunswick 16E 6 77
Quebec 29 15 52
Ontario 14 10 75
Manitoba 31 15 53
Saskatchewan 23 16 58
Alberta 26 12 60
British Columbia 13 5 80
Canada 16 9 73
Notes: Only includes households who compost kitchen wastes. Some respondents specified "Do not know." This proportion is not included here so the row totals may not add to 100%.
Source: Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.