The Record • Wednesday, February 16, 2011 • A09
City spearheads new food scrap pickup pilot project clean green program. “People have really gotten on board,” he said. “The big challenge for New New Westminster is aiming to be the Westminster is a larger portion of our resifirst Lower Mainland city to offer a multi- dents are in multifamily units and haven’t been able to participate.” family food scrap collection pilot project. Cote suspects the city will learn some On Monday, council approved a multifamily food scraps collection pilot project. lessons from the pilot project but hopes it If it looks good – the service should be will eventually be expanded. “I am pleased to see we are doing a pilot incorporated into the city’s existing multiproject with 500 units,” he said. “I family recycling collection service. am optimistic if this goes well, the The six buildings that will particicity will move aggressively to offer pate in the pilot project are located it citywide.” in the downtown and Quayside Cote said the city had hoped neighbourhood. Metro Vancouver would take a The city estimates that food lead on this type of program so the scraps recycling will help divert city could get some assistance in 20 to 30 per cent of waste generlaunching a program. When that ated by residents in the multifamdidn’t occur, he said the city decidily sector. ed to launch its own pilot project. “Currently no food scrap collec“People have really engaged tion program exist in the multifamin it at a high level,” he said of ily sector in the Metro Vancouver Jonathan Cote clean green pickup at single-family region,” states the report. “Worm homes. “We are seeing significant composting, designed primarily for apartment dwellers, allows people to compost results.” In addition to environmental benefits, without the need of a backyard.” Coun. Betty McIntosh welcomes the Cote said the city has also benefited finanprogram, which comes on the heels of the cially from reduced tippage fees when city’s launch of the clean green program disposing of the garbage. City staff has been working to develthat picks up food and green waste from op a pilot foods scraps program. Six single-family homes. “Going to food scraps is one step for- buildings have been pre-selected to parward in recycling,” she said. “Staff were ticipate in the project and all of their happy the totes – the clean green – took off residents will be provided with educational materials and a kitchen catchand did as well as they did.” Coun. Jonathan Cote said the city has er to conveniently store and transfer seen dramatic increases in the amount of ◗Scraps Page 10 items diverted from landfills as part of the BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER
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