City encourages composting, warns against landfill hazards – SteinbachOnline.com [Video]

As planting season begins, Steinbach residents are once again invited to take part in one of the city’s most grassroots community efforts – quite literally. The city’s compost depots officially opened on May 3rd, and they’re now running every Saturday until October.

The depots are open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at three locations: Woodlawn School, Stonybrook Middle School, and the parking lot of Smith Neufeld Jodoin Law Office.

“Kudos to everyone at the law office and at the Hanover School Division for offering these spaces for our community compost depots,” says Eldon Wallman, Manager of Solid Waste for the City of Steinbach. “They’ve been really great partners in this.”

These compost depots are run by dedicated local volunteers from the United and Sommerfeld Churches. Wallman says their involvement has spanned six or seven …