Kitchen Scrap Composting in Victoria

Many communities across Canada have blue box recycling programs and now these communities are taking their efforts one step further by offering kitchen scrap composting pickup as well. Many of us already compost but we are generally limited to vegetable and fruit scraps. The program initiated in Victoria this spring would also include items that can't usually be composted at home like oil, meat scraps, dairy products etc.  The composting of these types of scraps will further reduce landfill requirements and are part of ongoing sustainability efforts.  Several large cities including, Seattle, Toronto, and Halifax already have similar programs.  In BC, Lady Smith and Nanaimo have started kitchen scrap programs. Many of these cities also require the use of biodegradable garbage bags and limit the amount of "garbage" that the city will pick up.  Isn't it time that Cranbrook started to look into a more comprehensive recycling program?  To read more about Victoria's program go here http://www.crd.bc.ca/waste/organics/pilot.htm