Oct 8, 2026 · 2 hr 14 min · 12 segments
The Compost Council of Canada has been working to restore agricultural soils and fight climate change since 1991. Executive Director Susan Antler recently joined us for a conversation about the…
Unfortunately, you know, in terms of 30, we just passed our 35th year, May 15th, 1991 was when we got incorporated.
And quite honestly, I was privileged to be one of the founding members of the council.
And I, when you look at the numbers, even, and you know this, you've worked so hard and moved all kinds of things forward.
When you look at the numbers and you look at what, Folks are identifying in terms of policy, a vision, you know, composting, organics recycling needs to absolutely be front and center.
It's those municipalities, it's those businesses that incorporate organics recycling into their waste diversion strategy that are hitting the 60%, the 70%, the 80% diversion numbers.
Not the, you know, 9% that you can get if you're just focusing on a certain aspect of dry recycling.
And so, you know, in terms of it's been a long journey, I thought when I, naively, I thought, okay, this is what the government wants.
And as as the onion has unfolded and peeled, you know, then that's what makes this such an exciting industry in that it's not a diversion story only now.
Why are we giving up on fighting climate change? Why are we accepting it? When one of the easiest things to do is to recognize that organics are what causes methane emissions in landfill.
And landfills are the number two methane emitter, source for methane in Canada.
And then now the whole dynamics, the joy of the fact that you're not dependent upon sending these materials halfway around the world to be recycled.
Unfortunately, you know, in terms of 30, we just passed our 35th year, May 15th, 1991 was when we got incorporated.
And quite honestly, I was privileged to be one of the founding members of the council.
And I, when you look at the numbers, even, and you know this, you've worked so hard and moved all kinds of things forward.
When you look at the numbers and you look at what, Folks are identifying in terms of policy, a vision, you know, composting, organics recycling needs to absolutely be front and center.
It's those municipalities, it's those businesses that incorporate organics recycling into their waste diversion strategy that are hitting the 60%, the 70%, the 80% diversion numbers.
Not the, you know, 9% that you can get if you're just focusing on a certain aspect of dry recycling.
And so, you know, in terms of it's been a long journey, I thought when I, naively, I thought, okay, this is what the government wants.
And as as the onion has unfolded and peeled, you know, then that's what makes this such an exciting industry in that it's not a diversion story only now.
Why are we giving up on fighting climate change? Why are we accepting it? When one of the easiest things to do is to recognize that organics are what causes methane emissions in landfill.
And landfills are the number two methane emitter, source for methane in Canada.
And then now the whole dynamics, the joy of the fact that you're not dependent upon sending these materials halfway around the world to be recycled.
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