To ensure continuity for pilot project participants, the collection of household organics on the three participating routes is continuing. Regional District and Municipal staff are preparing to introduce the program across the region, likely to be implemented through 2010.

• Turning waste into a value-added resource by providing valuable feedstock for the region's only licensed composting facility.
• Reducing garbage taken to the curb by up to one half.
• Testing a garbage collection frequency of one standard-size container collected once every two weeks.
• Extending the life of the region's only landfill.
• Preventing greenhouse emissions and leachate caused by decomposing organic landfill waste.
• Determining the feasibility of using a single truck with two compartments to collect garbage and food waste.
• Helping to design an effective and efficient curbside program.
• Helping to evaluate a new service that has the potential to assist in containing the costs of solid waste management for you and your community.