Question

The Durham Region began composting initiatives in an attempt to reduce the amount of waste residents sent to landfills each year. Curb-side “green bins” are collected weekly, and organic waste is held in a central location where decomposers are added to break down the waste.

Adding beneficial microorganisms to compost at large-scale composting facilities aids in the decomposition or organic waste, and produces high-quality compost in a reduced amount of time. However, the microorganisms can leach into groundwater and run off into nearby water systems, where they can harm other organisms.

Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Create a table or paragraph in which you do a cost-benefit (pros and cons) analysis of Durham Region’s ‘Green Bin’ initiative. (10 marks)

Once you have completed the analysis write a paragraph in which you argue whether or not Durham Region should cancel its ‘Green Bin’ program. (10 marks) Marking rubric on following page.

Answer 1

Cost benefit analysis of Durham regions 'Green bin intiative'.

• Cons-
• Usage of compostable liner bag which was expensive, that added cost to the project.
• Increased empolyments needed, because the green bins are collected everday leading to increased labour cost.
• For daily dumbing transportation facilites are required leading to increased transportation cost.
• Cost of microorganisms which was used to produce high quality compost.
• Cost required to treat the harms produced by leaching of these microorganisms.
• Cost of land needed to produce the compost.
• Pros-
• the high quality compost can be used to enhance the quality of soil
• It also enhances the quality of products from plants.
• Helps to reduce toxcity of plants.
• Helps to prevent the pests in home premises by daily removal of waste.
• Hence according to my opinion This intiative must stop because it only adds cost to them because of large number of cons and less number of pros. but this intiative can somehow increase quality of food and thus health of the peoples. Otherwise they must find some alternatives in these bins and in preventing leaching of these microorganisms.