Calgarians are being given a break on their upcoming green cart fees.
City council members voted unanimously on Tuesday to waive a $6.50 monthly fee that homeowners will have to pay when the composting program is introduced in January 2017.
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The motion was put forward by Ward 2 Councillor Joe Magliocca
“A lot of it had to do with giving people a chance to transition into changing their habits,” Ward 6 Councillor Richard Pootmans said.
The monthly fee will be delayed for a year, not coming into effect until January 2018.
“We are seeing a significant economic downturn right now, all Calgarians know that,” Ward 8 Councillor Evan Woolley added.
According to the City of Calgary’s website, green carts will be delivered to Calgarians quadrant by quadrant beginning in the spring of 2017, with all eligible homes receiving a new bin by the fall of 2017.
Green carts will be picked up once a week on the same day, along with blue recycling carts.
Black garbage carts will be picked up once every two weeks on a separate day.
“The idea that we can now compost fats and bones and things like that diverts a lot of waste from landfills,” Pootmans said. “We cannot afford to keep throwing this much garbage into the ground. We’ll eventually run out of landfill space.”
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