Green Bin

Green Bin• Collected weekly • Limit: 1 Green Bin per household• Maximum weight: 20kg (44lbs)• Place accepted materials loose in the Green Bin or in paper bags

placed inside the Green Bin• Keep your bin clean by wrapping food waste in newspaper

or using paper bags. The moisture in the food waste will be absorbed by the paper, helping to eliminate odours.

Coexisting with Wildlife

How to set it out

Place your Green Bin at your curb on your collection day by 8:00 a.m.

Keep the lid closed and lock engaged.

Bring your bin inside after collection as soon as possible.

WEEKLY

Help keep wildlife wild, and communities safe. Just like your garbage can, keep your Green Bin indoors until the morning of collection day.• Keep Green Bin locked when at the curb so wildlife do not access

bins and become habituated in the community.• Clean your Green Bin (and garbage can) regularly.• Find more information: www.wildsafebc.com/live

By using your Green Bin you will help cut down the amount of food waste that ends up in our landfill. Food waste that is sent to the landfill takes up valuable space. While it rots in the landfill, it releases methane gas — a harmful greenhouse gas. Food waste collected from the Green Bin program wil be processed locally by Salish Soils into compost, a beneficial resource.

www.scrd.ca/curbside-food

Green BinWhat’s In

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What’s OutYou can also include cut flowers, flower bunches and house plant cuttings.

Reducing Food Waste

www.scrd.ca/curbside-food

Did you know that wasted food costs an average Canadian household over $1,100 per year? Check out www.scrd.ca/reduce-food-waste for how these three mottos can help you at home!

PLAN IT OUT

USE IT UP

KEEP IT FRESH

GarbageHow to set it out

BI-WEEKLY

Place your Garbage Can at your curb on your collection day by 8:00 a.m.

Keep the lid on.

Bring your can inside after collection as soon as possible.

Garbage• Collected bi-weekly (every other week)• Limit: 1 Garbage Can per household• Maximum weight: 20kg (44lbs)• Place accepted material in a sealed bag and place inside garbage can• Extra garbage tags can be purchased from:

Sunshine Coast Regional District, 1975 Field Road, Sechelt Gibsons Home Hardware, 921 Gibsons Way, Gibsons

What’s In• Garbage generated by residential premises from typical household use• Municipal solid waste (garbage) of a non-toxic nature• Garbage capable of being contained in a garbage can

What’s Out• Yard and garden green waste, branches, logs• Land clearing waste• Construction/demolition waste such as wood,

scrap metal or gypsum• Liquids of any kind• Commercial, industrial, institutional waste• Hot or burning material• Hazardous, explosive, chemical waste• Waste oil, petroleum by-products• Paint, batteries of any kind

www.scrd.ca/curbside-garbage

What can be recycled? www.scrd.ca/recycling-

directory

Garbage Liquids of any kindDryer lint, vacuum contents, hair, pet wasteElastics, staples, twist ties or produce stickersPlastics of any kind, including compostable or biodegradableHard shells from clams or oystersYard or garden green waste

dairy bread and pastriesfood waste

All uneaten food and plate scrapings

Dairy products

Cheese Eggs/ Shells

Bread Cakes Pastries

fruit and vegetables

meat and bones

tea & coffee grounds

Raw meat

Cooked meat Bones

Paper tea bags, tea leaves

Coffee grounds Coffee filters

Raw vegetables

Cooked vegetables Whole fruit Peelings fish

Fish Cooked fish Bones Soft shells from lobster, crab or shrimp

Paper towels, plates, napkins Food soiled

cardboard, newspaper

food soiled paper

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Get updates with the SCRD Collects App:www.scrd.ca/curbside-food

2020-2021 GUIDEReduce, Reuse, Recycle Curbside Collection2020-2021 Curbside

Collection CalendarWaste Reduction Tips

Choose products that have minimal or no packaging.Pick reusable instead of disposable. Donate items for reuse or purchase used: www.scrd.ca/reuse-directory. Borrow from a friend or neighbour.Recycle or compost as much as you can before disposing as garbage.Visit www.scrd.ca/holiday-recycling for reduction and recycling tips for seasonal celebrations year round.

Green Waste Recycling

Green waste can be composted in your backyard or taken to one of the SCRD drop-off locations. For location information and what’s accepted, visit www.scrd.ca/composting. Did you know? Dumping green waste in our forests or beside the road is illegal—dumping can harm our waterways, spread invasive species, and attract wildlife.

Home Composting

Get started or brush up on home composting at www.scrd.ca/composting for tips on keeping your compost productive and safe from wildlife. Home composting helps your garden and the environment. For the materials you are not backyard composting, use your Green Bin.

Residential Recycling

The SCRD provides recycling through Recycle BC’s residential recycling program at three depots on the Sunshine Coast. For location information and what’s accepted visit www.scrd.ca/recycling-depots.

www.scrd.ca/solid-waste

Missed collection? Call 1-800-774-9748 and follow prompts for residential customer.www.wmnorthwest.com

Get updates with the SCRD Collects App: www.scrd.ca/curbside-food