As residents stand divided on the bin, Coun. Peter Hume says he's seen more interest from businesses – even name brands like Tim Hortons and Starbucks.
"We've sold all the compost that's going to come out at the end of the Orgaworld plant," he says.
"It's been spoken for. It's being taken by the local farming community as a soil conditioner."
Not everyone is on board the green bin boat yet, but for what it's worth the City of Ottawa says the program is already working – to the tune of 400 tons of diverted garbage a week.
Pick-up from community inconsistent
Some residents, like Brian Ure, were early converts to the program.
"I like the fact that we can put almost anything into it," he says.
"We put the plastics and the papers and whatnot into the blue box or the black box, and the rest goes into the green bin. So we have very little regular garbage anymore."
Others, like Kelly McKie, have seen a little more reluctance from their neighbours.
"I know several of my friends, say, oh yeah, we need to get started," she acknowledges.
With a report from CTV Ottawa's Norman Fetterley
Have your say - is the green bin program working for you, or is it still an inconvenience?
