The May Meeting 2006

by Margaret deWeese

Reverend Jordan Ellis presented information regarding a new capital venture in Nanaimo: the International Composting Corporation, which produces a product, called Marine Green Compost. It is currently being sold in bulk on site at Duke Point, Nanaimo and in stores  [bagged] such as Thriftys, Canadian Tire, Borden Mercantile and Capital Iron. As an investor in the company he is doing the circuit of garden clubs promoting the product and showing its value to the rhodo grower.
The need for such commercial composting plants to reduce landfill is obvious as municipalities on the island ship garbage to other destinations. These destinations are now saying “No more!” 
Alternative solutions are being sought as local governments are refusing to accept any more green waste at the roadside. To do their part in helping the environment many gardeners produce their own compost. For those who do not, places like ICC give a safe end product, which adds little methane to the atmosphere in its processing of forest and sea waste into compost fertilizer. The talk was given free to the VRS apart from some gasoline money. Reverend Ellis was presented with a VRS sweatshirt and good wishes for the success of his company in providing new technologies to process organic waste.