Lake Country council has tossed a proposed curbside food-waste plan into the bin, joining Kelowna, West Kelowna, and Peachland in scrapping the idea over high costs and messy implementation concerns.
At council乌鸦传媒檚 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.
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Councillor Tricia Brett supported diverting organics from landfill, but had concerns.
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She added that while residents value organics for soil improvement, 乌鸦传媒渨e need to explore other options.乌鸦传媒�
Mayor Blair Ireland agreed, warning that removing organic materials would harm local ecosystems.
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Lake Country joined the other municipalities in saying no to the program at this time.
