CASE STUDY: BACKYARD COMPOSTING CBSM PROJECT Client: Township of Langley, Langley, British Columbia, Canada OVERVIEW The Township of Langley is a district municipality in British Columbia, located in the eastern part of Metro Vancouver. In conjunction with implementing a curbside food scraps collection program, the Township wanted to expand their current backyard composting program using Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) principles and techniques. The backyard composting program was intended to be a complementary option for residents to consider in addition to participating in the curbside program. Based on a waste composition study carried out in 2008, 40% of waste set out for collection was organic material. The target for this CBSM study was to reduce the amount

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