Niagara Region trades compost for donations all next week
Published April 29, 2022 at 10:39 am
As Niagara Region prepares to get their hands dirty gardening now that temperatures are finally rising, the Regional landfills are doing their part to help.
Next week is International Compost Awareness Week, the largest education initiative in the industry held annually on the first week of May.
Starting May 2, Niagara residents can bring cash or non-perishable food donations to landfills and the recycling centre to trade for one to three 20-litre bags of compost.
The busiest days for Niagara’s dumps are Mondays, Tuesday and Saturdays, so the Region advises anyone looking to pick up a bag to schedule around peak times to avoid delay.
The landfills and recycling centre have the following hours;
- Bridge Street Landfill (1300 Bridge St., Fort Erie)
- – Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday: Closed
- Humberstone Landfill (700 Humberstone Rd., Welland) –
- Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday: Closed
- Niagara Road 12 Landfill (Concessions Rd. 7, West Lincoln) –
- On Tuesday and Thursday, residents should check in with the scale house.
- Compost is only available to residents of Grimsby, Pelham, Lincoln and West Lincoln.
- Monday: Closed, Tuesday – Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday: Closed
- Recycling Centre (5030 Montrose Rd., Niagara Falls)
- Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday: Closed, and Sunday: Closed
All donations support Goodwill Niagara, Salvation Army, Fort Erie COPE, and Project Share. Any expired food will not be accepted.
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COVID-19 safety protocols will be in place. The Region requests all visitors wear a mask and maintain six feet of social distancing.
Residents will have to place their donation is a designated box on arrival. Workers will not be able to make change for cash donations.
“This International Compost Awareness Week, we thank all those residents who currently use a Green Bin or backyard composter, as using your Green Bin keeps organic material out of our landfills and allows your waste to be turned into useful compost,” said the Region
They also stressed that 44 per cent of each bag of wet garbage collected by Niagara is organic matter that could be put in the green compost bins instead of ending up in a landfill.
“If you haven’t started using a Green Bin yet, now is a great time to start, and a great time to start backyard composting,” Niagara said. Residents can buy a backyard composter for $41 or a green compost bin for $17 online.
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