The City of Castlegar has finished delivering new smaller garbage carts, organics kitchen catcher bins, and curbside collection program information to homes.
The new carts will be used for garbage while the existing larger carts will be repurposed for compost and yard waste. The city says you can’t mix the two up because that will risk contaminating the waste stream.
“Overall, the deliveries went well, and residents received their cart packages ahead of the last garbage pick-up using the current system this week,” says solid waste and organics ambassador, Emilie teBulte. “There may be homes that were missed or that have unique circumstances and we’re encouraging those people to contact us directly.”
This week is the last garbage pick up using the current system. Residents can now use the green-lidded cart to collect organics such as food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard and garden waste. At the same time, they can begin using the new grey-lidded cart for garbage.
Residents can expect the following during the transition period to the new system:
WEEK OF AUG. 14
• Recycling will be collected using the current schedule.
• Continue using your green-lidded organics cart to collect food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard and garden waste for pick-up during the week of Aug. 21.
• During the program transition, your organics cart will not be picked up for two weeks.
WEEK OF AUG. 21
• This is the first time you’ll receive weekly organics collection and bi-weekly garbage collection together.
• Place your new, grey-lidded garbage cart and your green-lidded organics cart at the curb on your usual pick-up day, during the collection window.
• Carts that are not sorted and contain items that don’t belong will not be collected and infraction tags may be issued.
• Use your 2023-24 collection calendar and waste guide for information on what goes where.
An app with the new collection schedule and information on what can and can’t go into your curbside collection containers can also be downloaded at castlegar.ca/curbside.