Éco-Quartier and composting continued.... I sent a copy of my comments to Éco-Quartier Décarie/Loyola and received the following response: Dear Ms. Bird, I very much enjoyed your letter and appreciate that you took the time to mention our community composters. I think that you make an excellent point in comparing the price of a $2 key deposit versus $220 / year for pick-up. In addition, I am curious to find out how the pick-up service transports the waste. Are they burning more greenhouse gases with a vehicle? I will be be following their program with interest. With that said, unfortunately not everyone is as implicated as you are. Many people are uninterested in going out of their way to dispose of their household waste. For those people, at home pick-up may be the best way to avoid all of that matter ending up in landfill. As I have often seen with environmental issues, there are so many areas to consider! Again, thank you so much for cc-ing me. We'll keep letting you know about our composting activities and maybe one day you'll be able to join us. Happy spring! Nikki Schiebel - Directrice, Valorisateurs Écologiques (Éco-quartier Décarie-Loyola), 4101, Boul. Décarie, Montréal (Québec) H4A 3J8, Tél.: 514.482.8778 (email: ecoquartier@ecohosting.com)