Garbage, Green Bin and Recycling Collection Schedules will be delivered soon

New format encourages recycling more and throwing away less!

NEWS RELEASE - Distributed December 15, 2014 11:05 AM

Summary

The City of Nanaimo is reminding residents that their Garbage, Green Bin and Recycling Collection Schedules will soon be delivered to homes thoroughout Nanaimo.

This year the schedule is presented as part of a booklet that includes a comprehensive guide to Garbage, Green Bin and Recycling collections. Using icons that demonstrate how to best dispose of various items of household waste, the guide has been designed to help residents recycle more and throw away less.

Link to Strategic Plan: The New Guide and Calendar supports the City's ongoing commitment to sustainability; through recycling more at the curb we take more responsibility for the protection of our environment.

Key Points

Your Garbage, Green Bin and Recycling Collection Schedule will be delivered to your home soon.
Please keep your schedule in a handy place. There is a magnet on the back so you can stick it on your fridge.

Quotes

"This year the collection schedule is part of a guide designed to help residents recycle more and throw away less. I hope that by providing clear information on which items are in and out of your recycling and green bin that we will see less garbage going to landfill."

Charlotte Davis

Manager of Sanitation and Recycling

City of Nanaimo

Quick Facts

The City will be delivering around 26,500 calendars to homes in Nanaimo.
Residents can also access their collection schedule online at Nanaimo.ca

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Contact:

Charlotte Davis

Manager of Sanitation and Recycling

City of Nanaimo

250 756 5307

charlotte.davis@nanaimo.ca

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