The North Shore Recycling Program is excited to announce that North Shore residents living in houses may include food scraps with their yard trimmings for curbside recycling beginning the first week of May 2012.
The North Shore Yard Trimmings Program is expanding to accept both food scraps and food soiled paper in the City of North Vancouver, District of North Vancouver and District of West Vancouver. The new program is called the Green Can Program.
"The Green Can Program is easy to use," says Jenn Meilleur, Coordinator of the Program. "Just collect all of your food scraps, including fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, bones and plate scrapings, in a kitchen container of your choice throughout the week. You can also include food-soiled papers, such as paper towels, napkins and pizza boxes. Empty your kitchen container into your Green Can as needed and place your Green Can curbside on the morning of your collection day."
If you backyard compost, please continue to do so and use your Green Can for items which are difficult to safely compost such as cooked plate scrapings, meat and dairy.
We all know that the North Shore is natural bear habitat. Although residents will simply be putting food scraps into the garbage, Green Can and other bear attractants responsibly.
"It's perfect timing for this sort of collection program", says Allen Lynch, Manager of the North Shore Recycling Program, "as food scraps will soon be banned from the landfill by Metro Vancouver."
Program information will be delivered to homes in April.
In the meantime, learn more about the Green Can Program by visiting us at the North Vancouver Spring Home Expo, March 16 to 18 at the Karen Magnussen Arena (2300 Kirkstone Rd).
For information visit www.greencan.northshorerecycling.ca.
