Pilot project participants have been provided with an initial supply of compostable bags to line their kitchen containers. Only compostable bags can be used as they are designed to break down during the composting process at International Composting Corporation's facility. If a bag is compostable, it will have the "COMPOSTABLE" symbol on the packaging.
You may choose not to use a liner in your kitchen container. Using compostable bags will help keep your kitchen container and green bin clean and help prevent odours, fruit flies and leakage.
Do not use plastic or biodegradable bags.
Where to buy compostable bags
A growing number of retailers are stocking compostable bags suitable for use in the food waste collection program. These include:
- Fairway Market
- 49th Parallel Grocery
- The Green Store (Port Place Mall)
- Thrifty Foods
- Wal-Mart
- Save On Foods
- Quality Foods
- Shoppers Drug Mart (Country Club store)
- Naked Naturals Whole Foods (Parksville)
- Zellers
- Home Depot
- Canadian Tire
- London Drugs
- Home Hardware
- and other supermarkets and retailers in the region such as some of the janitorial/cleaning supply outlets.
Acceptable brands include BioBag, EcoFilm, Compost-A-Bag, Eco-Safe-6400, Great Value and Al-Pak (Wal-Mart store brands), Glad Compost Bags, Bio Life (Shoppers Drug Mart brand), Bag-to-Earth, and BioSak. Look for the "Compostable" logo to ensure the bags you buy are approved for use in a composting system.
Look for the "Compostable" logo to ensure the bags you buy are approved for use in a composting system.
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