Food Waste for Thought

As we gear up for the new organics, recycling and garbage collection service launching in Tofino and Ucluelet this November, and residents consider their cart size needs, it’s important to understand how these changes will affect overall garbage collection.

With the new Sort’nGo collection service and the introduction of a (green) organics cart, we will now be diverting food and yard waste from the garbage stream where it’s currently taking up to 43% of space.

As we start diverting that waste – which isn’t garbage! – and transforming it into compost instead, we’ll also be removing 31% of garbage space with the (blue) recycling carts.

The more we divert, the less garbage we will have for our black carts – which is why we can move garbage collection to a bi-weekly schedule, with organics and recycling pickup every week.

By introducing an organic waste collection, and further diverting waste from our garbage that can be recycled and reused, we can make critical steps forward in our communities to preserve our landfill space, reduce GHG emissions and avoid other, costly infrastructure upgrades.

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