RESOURCES

Factsheets

  • #21 Zero Waste Living

    Learn ways to integrate zero waste living into your kitchen, bathroom, office space, and more!

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  • #26 Multi-Family Dwelling Composting Options

    Learn about ways to divert organic matter from the landfill and recycle this nutrient-rich resource in an on-site small-scale composting device.

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  • #28 Boulevard Gardening

    Learn how to increase local biodiversity, through gardening on public land with boulevard gardens!

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  • #29 Yard-Free Composting

    There are many ways to manage your organic waste without a traditional backyard composting system. This factsheet will give you detailed information on curbside collection in the CRD, worm composting, electric countertop composters, and tumbler composters.

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  • #30 DIY Greenhouse

    Learn how to build a fairly simple and cheap Greenhouse.

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  • #31 Three Bin Composter Plans

    Learn a fairly easy and fair cheap way to build a 3-bin Composting System using pallets.

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  • #32 Composting for Businesses

    Learn about waste management options for businesses in the CRD, their benefits, and drawbacks.

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  • #33 Gardening with Indigenous Plants

    Gardening with Indigenous plants will bring a range of benefits—including food, medicine, increased habitat and forage for Indigenous pollinators and birds —not to mention they are evolved for their environments, meaning less maintenance work for you once they are established.

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