City's Garbage, Recycling and Green Bin Newsletter will be delivered this week

NEWS RELEASE - Distributed May 25, 2015 8:42 AM

Summary

The City's biannual Garbage, Recycling and Green Bin Newsletter, Trash Talk will be delivered to your door this week.

The main item covered in the newsletter is the issue of the waste sent to landfill needlessly. It is estimated that 1,000 tonnes of waste is sent to landfill each year by Nanaimo residents that could actually have been recycled or composted.

Other topics covered include: items that you may not be aware are recycleable, your options for yard waste disposal, new beverage container recycling cans coming to downtown areas and parks, free little libraries, and information on the reminder tags that are sometimes left on your garbage can by your refuse collector.

Link to Strategic Plan: Taking responsibility to be an excellent municipal government.

Key Points

The Trash Talk newsletter will be delivered to all homes in Nanaimo
We would love to hear how you think we are doing, if you have any questions or items you would like us to cover in the next issue please get in touch.

Quotes

"The Trash Talk newsletter aims to help residents stay informed of the latest news in the world of waste in the harbour city. I hope residents find it interesting and useful and that they perhaps learn something they didn't know about recycling and composting. There are little changes we can all make in our homes on a daily basis that will add up to a big change in Nanaimo. My goal here is to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill. "

Charlotte Davis

Manager of Sanitation and Recycling

City of Nanaimo

-30-

Contact:

Charlotte Davis

Manager of Sanitation and Recycling

City of Nanaimo

205 756 5307

charlotte.davis@nanaimo.ca

Print News Release

Is there anything wrong with this page?

Help us improve our website

Don't include private or financial information in this form.

Email Address

What you were doing

What went wrong

Collection and use of your personal information

Information collected on this form is done so under the general authority of the Community Charter and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) and is protected in accordance with FOIPPA. Personal information will only be used by authorized staff to fulfill the purpose for which it was originally collected, or for a use consistent with that purpose. Questions about the collection of your personal information may be referred to the Legislative Services Department at 250-755-4405, or via email at foi@nanaimo.ca. Please also see our Privacy Policy.