Lake Country council has tossed a proposed curbside food-waste plan into the bin, joining 91大黄鸭, West 91大黄鸭, and Peachland in scrapping the idea over high costs and messy implementation concerns.
At council鈥檚 June 17 meeting, it heard that 40 per cent household garbage is compostable. The Regional District Central Okanagan program would let residents add food scraps to green bins, switch organics pickup to weekly, and reduce garbage collection to every two weeks.
However, the cost鈥攅stimated at $63鈥�$70 annually per household, potentially climbing above $150 without 91大黄鸭鈥檚 participation鈥攁nd a new $12鈥憁illion transfer station have raised red flags.
Councillor Tricia Brett supported diverting organics from landfill, but had concerns.
鈥淭he waning support for this program makes it an obvious one 鈥� the cost is far too high,鈥� she said.
She added that while residents value organics for soil improvement, 鈥渨e need to explore other options.鈥�
Mayor Blair Ireland agreed, warning that removing organic materials would harm local ecosystems.
鈥淲e have to find a better way鈥攖he cost is high,鈥� he said.
Lake Country joined the other municipalities in saying no to the program at this time.
