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Green apparently is the colour for Regina residents.
The City of Regina announced Wednesday that its green cart pilot project — which was launched in late September — collected nearly 96 tonnes of food and yard waste in its first month of operation.
The city gave bins to about 2,800 households in the city and asked them to put food, yard waste and biodegradable materials into the bins instead of into their garbage.
The city has set a goal of diverting 65 per cent of residential waste away from the landfill to composting facilities in the future. Over the first month of the pilot project, the city said, “participants increased the residential diversion rate to 51.7 per cent by using their green carts.”
When the project is expanded to include all households in the city — which should happen in 2023 — officials believe they can get closer to that 65 per cent number.
In its media release, the city said most of the material that has turned up in the carts has been acceptable things like meat, bones, dairy products, greases, yard waste, soiled paper towels and cardboard. Plastic bags and cups also have been collected, but those aren’t acceptable.
“Every bit of food and yard waste that goes into the green carts makes a difference,” the city said. “It saves landfill space, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and the material collected is turned into compost.”