Garden Composters

Household composting reduces the volume of garbage going to landfill sites. Kitchen food scraps and yard waste such as leaves and grass clippings can be used as mulch around trees and in gardens.

You may purchase a backyard composter for $40.00 from the Public Works Department at the Municipal Office, 330 Wallace Ave North, Listowel.

Green Cone Digesters -- It Eats the Food You Don’t!

Saves up to 33% of household waste having to be collected.

The Green Cone is an integral part of dealing with your household waste.  It is a completely natural system that reduces your food waste to its natural components of water, carbon dioxide and a small residue.  Put all your food waste into your Green Cone, situated in a sunny part of your garden, and forget about it – almost everything disappears.  This solar-heated unit takes ALL cooked and uncooked food waste including the following:

            Fish, Red Meat & Poultry

            All Bones and Bread

            Fruit including peelings

            Vegetables including peelings

            Dairy produce

            Cooked food scraps

            Crushed egg shells

            Tea bags

            Animal excrement

You may purchase a Green Cone Digester for $80.00 from the Public Works Department at the Municipal Office, 330 Wallace Ave North, Listowel.