Why recycle food scraps?

About 35 per cent of household garbage is made up of compostable food scraps. By recycling food scraps, we create valuable compost, cuts greenhouse gases and divert tonnes of organic waste out of the landfill.

Your participation is key to Vancouver becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020.

The current Citywide program started April 22, 2010. Uncooked fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds and filters, teabags, and eggshells are allowed and collected bi-weekly as per your current yard trimmings collection schedule.

The pilot program started in fall 2011. All food scraps (fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, dairy, bread, cereal products and food-soiled paper) are now allowed in selected areas.

Will this new program increase the utility fee on my property tax bill?

There will not be a utility fee increase on the 2011 property tax bill.

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