Benefits of the pilot project
- 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.
