Don’t Treat Your Food Waste Like Garbage!
By diverting your food waste, you can:
Reduce Your Garbage
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Provide Material to Produce Compost
Commercial Food Waste Disposal Changes
Commercial food waste generated in Salmon Arm, Sicamous, and Electoral Areas C and D is now
marketable, and can be composted at a private facility.
The commercial food waste disposal fee is $120/tonne. All businesses and commercial institutions will be impacted, including:
| • Hotels | • Theatres, Arenas and Sports Facilities |
| • Grocery Stores | • Shopping Malls |
| • Schools | • Restaurants |
| • Community Associations | • Resorts |
| • Offices | • Manufacturers |
| • Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Senior Care Centres | • Municipal Buildings |
We can help!
Contact the CSRD to assist your business to implement a food waste diversion program.
