Turn your food scraps into compost
Making a a spring vegetable pasta dish, Executive Chef Andrea Carlson from Bishop's restaurant demonstrates the City's food scraps program
Recycle your food — Don't let it go to waste!
If you currently receive the City yard trimmings collection service, you will now be able to add uncooked fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds and filters, teabags, and eggshells into your yard trimmings cart for composting.
If you already have a backyard composter, keep using it. It’s still the best way to compost since it saves on collection costs and energy use. If you are interested in obtaining a backyard compost container, you may purchase one at the Vancouver South Transfer Station. 
Learn more
Printable food scraps yes/ no chart 
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Printable step by step guide (1.6 mb)
Guide - Chinese (1.6 mb) Guide - Punjabi (2 mb)
Please note: At this time, the City will not be able to provide this collection service to multi-unit residences such as apartments and condominiums, unless your building already has a City yard trimmings cart and only if the cart is filled mostly with yard trimmings and a small percentage of food scraps. The City is not able to provide food scraps collection service to businesses. We have compiled a list of a private companies that can provide food waste collection services to your building. View list
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