Collection for Waste Composition Study Underway

Collection is now underway in West Coast communities for a waste composition study that will help the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District identify ways to further reduce landfill waste.

The ACRD has contracted AET Group Inc., an environmental consulting company, to conduct the study in randomly selected neighborhoods across the West Coast. This study identifies the quantity and type of garbage, recycling, and organics collected at the curb each week, and will help to determine future messaging to residents and inform future programs.

Here's what you need to know:

• Resident may notice a van collecting waste separately from the regular collection trucks: AET is collecting garbage/recycling/organics on regularly scheduled collection days. The materials are being transferred to a facility for sorting and weighing by material type (e.g. paper, plastic etc.).
• All materials collected are kept strictly confidential with specific plans in place to protect identities, etc.
• Once the material has been sorted and weighed, it is recycled, composted, or disposed of in accordance with the ACRD’s solid waste program.

Notification to residents did not occur prior to the study, as prior knowledge may have altered the composition of the waste streams being studied.

Thank you for your continued participation! These studies help evaluate our ongoing waste reduction efforts with respect to the new three-stream curbside program.

For more information, or to withdraw from this study, contact the Sort’nGo line at 250-736-7678.