Compost Site
Steam coming off hills of healthy compost.
Are you debagging?
These photos were taken at a Canadian
compost site. They show
the manual labour involved in the process of plastic removal.
Is your community, your collection
system or your compost site
having to do this? If so, we have the solution for you.
It's important to separate all of the plastic
from the leaves so that the compost is not contaminated.
These bags are then collected and placed in bins for further disposal.
There is no need for de-bagging kraft yard waste bags.
They become part of the
finished compost and ultimately
part of the food chain. Stringent testing in Canada, the US
and Europe has shown that the paper yard waste
bag and the food waste bag have absolutely
no negative impact
on either the composting system or the finished compost.
In fact
results have shown that the bags actually
enhance the soil's ability to grow.
When a portion of the compost site is excavated, a plastic bag is revealed buried deep within it. Many decades from now, it will still be there.
If you want a compost site that looks like
the image on the right, call George Colgan at
1-800-366-6812 ext. 108.
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