Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service Growing Food And Yard Waste Program

The Comox Strathcona Waste Management service is growing its food and yard waste program, now receiving organic materials from an expanded partnership with the City of Campbell River, City of Courtenay, Town of Comox, and Village of Cumberland.

Workers started delivering new kitchen bins yesterday to eligible households within each municipality. Those currently eligible for curbside collection service in Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland should receive a kitchen bin by February 17, 2023. If you have not received a kitchen bin by then, contact the CSWM directly at 250-334-6016 or email cswm@comoxvalleyrd.ca.

Campbell River residents will be introduced into the program in the Spring. More information on specific rollout dates and kitchen bin delivery will be coming out at a later time and you can keep tabs on things at www.campbellriver.ca

The kitchen bins are to collect food waste in your kitchen before transferring it into a larger bin mixed with yard waste to be set out at the curb on your collection day. Diverting food and yard waste helps reduce pressure on the landfill, as well as the creation of harmful greenhouse gases.

CSWM Co-Chair Will Cole-Hamilton says yard waste – organics – make up about 30 percent of what our region sends to the landfill. He says it can be better managed by composting.

The new CSWM composting facility in Campbell River and transfer station in the Comox Valley will be fully operational this year.

For more information on each municipality's collection service, returning unwanted kitchen bins and program specifics, visit your local municipal website.