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…

Ocean Legacy & the Habit Loop

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Julie Cook Kitchener Jul 14, 2025 11:52 am
Hi all,    Ocean Legacy is a Canadian-based, international non-profit that is dedicated to ending ocean plastic pollution around the world. One of the ways that they do this is th…

Has anyone heard of cutting into asphalt or concrete to build a composting facility of any kind? Or composting on asphalt/concrete?

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Sophia Cochran Kalamazoo Jul 7, 2025 14:51 pm
At the WMU Office of Sustainability, we are planning to remove some of the asphalt from our parking lots to build a composting structure. (aerated composting/static piles) If you …

Recycling in Rural Counties

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Mark Miller Jun 11, 2025 2:29 am
My county has a population of 25,237 (2020). The closest recycling location is soda & alcohol containers at grocery stores receiving a $0.10 deposit when returned. The closest rec…

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…

Home Composting Guide

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Julie Cook Kitchener May 22, 2025 12:18 pm
Hi all,    Spring is a great time of year to begin composting. Whether you work for local government, a non-profit, a company, a school, or otherwise, now is the time to encourage…

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…

Reducing contamination in composting

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Julie Cook Kitchener Apr 14, 2025 12:44 pm
Hi all,    How can we reduce contamination in community compost bins? The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) sought to tackle this question in its latest webinar on the topi…

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…

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