Green Bin Food Waste Collection Coming Soon In Nanaimo

Routes E & F Will Start After Thanksgiving

The new Green Bin Food Waste collection program will be starting in Nanaimo this fall with collection routes E & F being the first to get this new system of garbage collection.

During the month of September you will be receiving your new green bin in which you can store your kitchen waste which will be picked up every week. Your regular garbage will no longer be picked up every week, but rather every other week now. This is supposed to actually increase the amount of waste you can take to the curb by 19 litres. Of course for that to be the case you have to fit the 'mix' of waste this theory is based upon. which means that if you are presently composting, the program is useless to you and you will have to hang onto your other garbage for another week.

The new collection system will look like this:

• Week 1 - Food waste and Garbage
• Week 2 - Food waste and Recyclables
• Week 3 - Food waste and Garbage
• Week 4 - Food waste and Recyclables

 To learn what waste can go in the new green bin use this Nanaimo Info LINK.

For the full story on this new collection system you can view the online version of the 'Waste Line' newsletter using this Nanaimo Info LINK.