REGINA - The City of Regina has begun rolling out its Green Cart program.
The city issued a news release confirming that over 67,000 Green Carts have started being delivered for the Food and Yard Waste program beginning Saturday.
The carts will be delivered Mondays to Saturdays to residents who receive curbside waste collection service and expect to all be delivered by Sept. 1. Service begins during the week of Sept. 4.
With the green carts arriving, schedules for brown carts will change to accommodate. Brown cart collection moves to biweekly collection year-round. Green cart collection will be weekly through the warmer months, biweekly through winter.
In a news release the City of Regina has sent a series of reminders on what residents should do on the arrival of their green cart:
- Cut the zip tie and bring your kitchen catcher inside, review the educational guide, and place the helpful information magnet on your fridge.
- Check your collection schedule to know when to put out your carts; search your address on Regina.ca/waste or on the Regina Waste App.
- Start using your cart August 28 for food waste as collection will start the following week.
All food scraps including meat, bones, dairy and greases, yard waste and greasy pizza boxes, napkins and tissues go to the green cart. The city estimates this will divert roughly 50 per cent of the average household’s waste from the landfill.
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