By spring 2011 more than 52,000 single family homes in Nanaimo, Lantzville, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, and RDN Electoral Areas A, B, C, E, F, G and H will have weekly curbside food waste collection service. Single family homes in all communities except Nanaimo will start the Green Bin Program in October. In Nanaimo collection routes E and F will start in October, with other City routes to be phased-in as new service vehicles arrive for the city.

For more information on the Green Bin Program, please visit www.beyondcomposting.ca.

The Green Bin Program will help establish this region as a national leader in solid waste management, and put the RDN on track to achieving its goal of diverting 75 per cent of solid waste from the Regional Landfill.

Many households throughout the region are already part of the Green Bin Program, and will continue to receive weekly service as the program expands. Since October 2007 approximately 2,000 households in Cedar, the Cilaire Neighbourhood of Nanaimo, and The Chartwell neighbourhood of Qualicum Beach have received Green Bin food waste collection service. Households in these communities have diverted a weekly average of more than two kilograms of food waste per household from Regional Landfill. Information for residents currently receiving Green Bin food waste collection is available at www.rdnfoodwaste.ca.

Visit the RDN Residential Food Waste Collection Pilot Project Website