Minnesota’s Food Scraps Pickup Program

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Julie Cook Kitchener Nov 17, 2025 13:34 pm
Hi all,  Minnesota’s Washington and Ramsey counties have a new Food Scraps Pickup Program that I think you might find interesting. It is a free, voluntary food scrap recycling pro…

Using CBSM for Automated Cart-based Waste Collection Program Roll-out

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Tracy Pagenhardt Mission Jul 30, 2025 16:43 pm
Our city will be transitioning from manual collection of organics, recycling, and garbage from bins to cart-based automated collection. This will involve distribution of carts and…

Do certain hours of the day influence community engagement success?

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Jhonn Marie Karachi Jul 27, 2025 10:50 am
Hello everyone, I'm working on a residential energy conservation campaign and I'm trying to optimize when we deliver our messaging and community outreach. Has anyone seen any re…

Impact of CBSM on increasing waste diversion in multi-use residential buildings

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Lisa Gander Ottawa May 27, 2025 15:29 pm
Hi! I am looking for research papers that document increased waste diversion at multi-unit residential buildings that have implemented CBSM strategies. Are there studies that show…

Celebrating Ten Years of Waste Sorting in the Community

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Jennifer Cunningham Albury May 4, 2025 23:46 pm
It is ten years since we gave our community (across three local government areas) three household waste bins - landfill, mixed recycling, organics. How can we best "celebrate" thi…

Sorting Organic Waste Commitment

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Tamara Brunelle Edmonton Apr 16, 2025 3:03 am
Hey! We are running a new campaign this summer and are looking for different ways of providing a commitment and norming organics sorting behaviour. Cart stickers often come up bu…

April 2nd webinar on education and outreach for reducing contamination in composting

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Brenda Platt Washington Mar 24, 2025 19:19 pm
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is hosting a webinar, April 2nd, featuring how innovative education and outreach strategies targeted at program participants – including soci…

Keeping compostables out of the trash

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Julie Cook Kitchener Nov 11, 2024 13:56 pm
Hi all,    What are the best strategies to keep compostables out of residential trash bins? In 2016, StopWaste, the City of Fremont in California, and Action Research partnered on…

Curbside 'gold star'/'good job' Campaign

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Tamara Brunelle Edmonton Apr 24, 2024 15:36 pm
I was wondering how other municipalities implemented this type of program using CBSM. Our plan is to audit to gain data, stick stickers on carts that are sorting correctly (food s…

Barriers and Benefits: Organics Collection in Condos and Apartment Buildings

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Helene Itzeck Edmonton Nov 15, 2022 0:46 am
Does anyone have any information or data on barriers and benefits to organics sorting in multi-unit buildings? Or perhaps insight into how residents have integrated the emptying o…

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