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Chatham Township Environmental Commission
(CTEC)

The Chatham Township On-Site Food Waste Composting Program "Save it To Spade it!"

Below is information for residents about composting your own food waste, yard waste, and garden waste --in your own backyard with outdoor composters, and information about our Rocket Composter used by our public school district.

We have also included information about our Rain Barrel / Water protection-conservation Program "Soak It ~ Don't Send It"

Food Waste Composting

• Chatham Twp.Save it To Spade it Program. Presentation for Congress Oct 2011
  
  
• First in Nation - Turning Garbage into Gold - Food Waste Composting Program
  (Note, this article is extracted from the ANJEC Summer 2011 Report)
  
  
• Free Composting Workshops and Composters Program: here's a video of one of our past events: click here for the video. We hope to offer workshops each spring--email us at CTEC@ChathamTownship.org to request to be put on the CTEC Email List
  
  
• Additional Information on Composting Workshops (click here)
  
  
• For information on composter use and composting, and our past years' programs, and information on where you can buy composters and/or rain barrels click here
  
  
• For information about rain barrel use and installation, click here

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