What you need to know about the green bin program in ottawa

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• The City of Ottawa is serious about organic recycling. That is why they established the Green Bin program for their organic recycling campaign. Through the Green Bin program, the city is able to divert residential organic waste away from the landfill. • The City of Ottawa is serious about organic recycling and they consider it as an important part of their long-term waste strategy. In fact, they have established the Green Bin program for their organic recycling campaign.

Through the Green Bin program, the city is able to divert residential organic waste away from the landfill. The organic material that the Ottawa garbage collection pickup gathered will then be brought into the Orgaworld Canada’s indoor composting facility. Orgaworld Canada will then turn the organic material into compost which will be used by the farmers in Eastern Ontario. Orgaworld Canada will also be the one to market and sell the finished product which is the compost. The five percent of the total volume of finished compost will go to the city.

• According to the city’s official website, around 45 percent of the total weight of the garbage collected by the City of Ottawa garbage pickup consists of compostable organic material. By diverting these compostable organic materials, the residents can not just help save Earth, they can as well help improve the farmers’ field in Eastern Ontario and at the same time help the city save millions of dollars for a new landfill site.

Where will you get the green bin?

• All residential homes in the Ottawa area are eligible and are encouraged to take part in this remarkable green movement. The city will be providing one green bin for each household.

• For those households whose recycling bin was missing, damaged or broken, the city will also provide them with a replacement. They just have to call 311 to get their replacement green bin.

What can you put in the green bin? • The rule of thumb when it comes to the waste materials you can put inside the recycling trash bin says that you can place all food wastes or scraps, paper products, and other similar items in the green bin. These items include but are not limited to the following:

Paper products and similar items • • • • • • • •

Certified compostable plastic liners bags Paper baking cups Facial tissues Cotton swabs with either wooden rod or rolled paper Coffee filters, grounds Butcher paper Microwave popcorn bags Fast food packaging

• Paper napkins, plates, and cups • Flour bags • Shredded paper • Sugar bags • Tea bags • Parchment paper • Food-soiled pizza boxes • Muffin wrappers • Cardboard boxboard and soiled paper • Potato paper bags

Yard waste • • • • • • • •

Leaves ( dried or fresh) Grass clippings Weeds Household plants Hedge trimmings Tree branches and twigs Greenery from wreaths Flowers and bouquets

Other items • Barbeque ashes • Cold fireplace or wood ash • Cotton balls • Floor sweepings, vacuum bags, and vacuum contents • Animal bedding • Kitty litter • Feathers, pet fur, and hair • Dryer lint • Wooden toothpicks and popsicle sticks • Nail clippings • Homemade play dough

• Sawdust • Wood chips • Pencil shavings • Hair • Eggs and eggshells • Charcoal • Corn husks or cobs

When will the city collect the green bin? • The City of Ottawa garbage collection pickup will collect the green bin once a week together with all other waste materials.

That would be a total of 52 weeks per year.

• Each residential area has a specific pick-up day schedule. You can check with your local authority to know the schedule of garbage collection in your area. • Each and every household is reminded to place their recycling bin outside their residential homes on or before seven in the morning during their assigned pick-up day schedule. The lid of the bin must be locked to prevent insects, pests, and animals from entering.

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