PETERS – Even if demand drops, City of Kamloops should pick up organics weekly throughout the winter

Posted on November 11, 2023 in Local Voices, Peters // 0 Comments

Part of the reason it is popular is almost certainly because pickup is every week. People know that, if they put something in their organics bin, it will be gone in a matter of a few days.

If they put it in their garbage bins as they always did, they may have to wait another week or more for it to be removed.

The organics program is not without its hiccups and annoyances, mind you. The fact that the city’s vendor does not accept biodegradable plastic liners leads to the service being not nearly as neat and tidy as it could be.

Overall, though, the program has already successfully diverted tons and tons of material away from the city’s landfills and into a more sustainable destination.

Which makes the decision to move to alternate week collection starting on Dec. 1 all the more curious.

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James Peters is the radio anchor at CFJC, coming to Kamloops in 2006. He anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and contributes weekly editorials to the CFJC Evening News. He tweets regularly @Jamloops.