The City of Kamloops is preparing to launch the city-wide organic waste collection later this summer.
With the introduction of the new waste collection, a change to pickup schedules will also be implemented.
Organics will be collected weekly, while garbage and recycling will be collected every other week on an alternating basis, says the city.
Food scraps, food-soiled paper, and small amounts of yard waste will be collected starting on Monday, Aug. 21 in the city’s Zone 4 collection area.
New collection schedules and maps for all zones are available at Kamloops.ca/CollectionSchedules.
The community-wide rollout of curbside residential organics collection represents the final phase in a multi-year project that included research, public consultation and a year-long pilot program.
In August 2022, Kamloops City Council authorized the community-wide rollout.
The program will cost residents $1 per month, which will be reflected as a $3 charge on their quarterly utility bill, starting in January 2024.
The City received $1.78 million from the Province's CleanBC Organic Infrastructure and Collection Program to help fund the new collection program.
Starting in early July, the city will be out delivering the new bins. The delivery schedules will be:
July 5 to 13 - Zone 3
July 12 to 18 - Zone 4
July 17 to July 25 - Zone 5
July 24 to August 1 - Zone 1
July 31 to August 8 - Zone 2
City staff will be dropping off carts Monday through Sunday, 7am to 6 pm. This will include a 120 litre cart, a small kitchen bin, a supply of 30 accepted paper bin liners, a new Solid Waste Collection Guide, and a zone-specific collection schedule.
The city is asking residents to not use their organics cart until about a week before collection starts for their zone.
For details on how to request a second kitchen bin or to read upon on what is and isn’t accepted, visit Kamloops.ca/Organics.
