Garbage plan on its way to Winnipeg City Council
October 05, 2011 at 9:38 PM
On Monday, October 3, the City's Public Works Committee voted in favour of a new garbage master plan that calls for a $50 annual user fee to cover the cost of automated carts and increased services.
In late August, the City published a 197 page draft by consulting firm Stantec’s regarding a proposed Comprehensive Integrated Waste Management Plan. This plan outlines how Winnipeg can increase recycling rates and reduce the amount of trash it sends to landfills over the next 10 years.
The plan recommends the replacement of garbage cans and recycling boxes with rolling, automated carts across the city in 2012 and bi-weekly yard-waste collection from April to November in the same year. It also talks about a move towards a curbside organic-waste collection program that could cost $45 to $65 million to develop.
This plan will still need to be approved by the Executive Policy Committee of Council and subsequently, City Council.
The Local will be meeting with the City for more discussions relative to this plan.
