REGINA – The City of Regina wants you to put more recyclables in your blue bin – and shrinking the garbage carts may be one way to encourage that.
Too much recyclable material is going to the dump, according to a report before a city committee. It recommends rolling out 240 litre garbage carts, which are 33 per cent smaller than the 360 litre models residents have now.
“When you’re carrying that piece of waste over to your disposal containers, you’ll make a more conscious effort to ask, ‘Is this recyclable or not?’ ” said Lisa Legault, the city’s director of solid waste.
“Knowing you have more capacity in your recycling bin, you’ll put it in your recycling bin rather than toss it in your brown bin.”
An audit determined 19 per cent of garbage carts placed out for collection contain recyclables such as bottles or cans. Staff indicated the curbside recycling program, introduced to Reginans in 2013, is working because less household waste is being sent to the landfill.
Both sizes of plastic garbage carts and the recycling carts are the roughly the same cost ($100), Legault said.
If approved, the smaller garbage cart wouldn’t become mandatory immediately but would be available for new residents and an option for people replacing a lost or stolen cart.
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