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

NEWS RELEASE - Distributed September 21, 2016 4:00 PM

Summary

The City's 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 topic of contamination of recycling collected at the curb. Seven per cent of the items placed out for collection at the curb in Nanaimo are not actually accepted materials. The newsletter aims to inform residents of the common sources of contamination.

Other topics covered include: what do to with your pet's waste, illegal dumping, what is garbage and Frequently Asked Questions.

Link to Strategic Plan: Environmental Responsibility: Protecting and enhancing Nanaimo’s natural environment by looking after the community’s biological diversity in the course of land use and development.

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

"I hope residents will find the latest edition of Trash Talk helpful. 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. Our goal is to increase the amount of waste being diverted from landfill through recycling and composting and to reduce the amount of contamination in our recycling loads."

Charlotte Davis

Manager of Sanitation and Recycling

City of Nanaimo

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Contact:

Charlotte Davis

Manager of Sanitation and Recycling

City of Nanaimo

205 756 5307

charlotte.davis@nanaimo.ca

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