Green bins not such a wonderful thing for city
By Letter to the Editor on May 29, 2021.
Editor: Oh, the not so wonderful things about green bins.
Since the April 22 article on the “wonderful thing about green bins” I have come up with a few things I think are not so wonderful – and here they are:
1 – Are the homeowners who are currently composting able to opt out?
2 – Is 80 per cent of the expected tonnage grass and yard trimmings?
3 – Will we have another bin in the alley to manoeuvre around – half the people leave them out?
4 – Another cost per month to compost a fraction of what the ICI sends to the landfill.
5 – Six month program – year-long cost.
7 – Racoons anyone?
8 – Is methane gas currently being managed – will pulling our organics really matter?
9 – Three more city trucks.
10 – Can we phone the mayor and councillors to have compost delivered to our yard?
As for the April article – for the writer to to suggest that this is a competition with other cities is downright childish – that we can thumb our noses at the bumpkins in Regina and Winnipeg is embarrassing.
Grant R Harrington
Lethbridge
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Mine will store cushions, have a blue one too, can pretty much walk to the recycling yard.
Trap the raccoons and deliver them to city hall.
Ditto, use my blue bin to store off season patio cushions. Clean, rodent proof, and dry. Rent is a bit high, though.
A green bin would find a place right next to it. I have no use for it yet.
Yes Grant you are in the business and classed as an expert on this subject.
You do remember in the nineties the City partnership with the local enviro group to bring in The backyard composters The BIG EARTH machines the savors of the landfill reduce the organics in the new black carts. At that time the City endorsed stated over 5000 citizens bought in not counting the home made today the City does not produce stats. The City also endorsed in sink digestors which reduce food waste by 25 to 35%. should be opted out. The Mayor and local enviro expert show a picture of a black cart saying audit shows 57% yard waste, the audit was conducted shortly after the curbside recycling program began 2 years ago they do not produce a current audit report.
Over the past 8 years each year over 100,000 tonnes of garbage is deposited in the landfill the City Waste&recycle Manager openly states over 70% is from Industrial, Commercial, Institutional ( ICI). the ICI has a special landfill Cell called Organic Cell/ ICI Solution over the past five years $1.5million a year budget no direct Council approval. The Residential’s should have their special landfill cell for their less than 6000 tonnes of organics they produce approx 4200 tonnes of recyclables at a cost of $15 million would you call that waste diversion.