Curbside Food Waste Collection
Food waste is collected weekly.
Egmont / Pender Harbour residents can self-haul food waste to the Pender Harbour Transfer Station.
Here are some important things to know about your curbside food waste collection:
- The SCRD provides a 45-litre green bin. If your green bin goes missing please contact 604-885-6806.
- The maximum weight that can be collected is 20 kilograms (44 lbs).
- Bin must be placed at the end of your driveway by 8:00 a.m. on the morning of your collection.
- Compostable plastic bags allowed as bin liners – must say “BPI Certified Compostable”
- Bread and pastries
- Dairy – dairy products, cheese, eggs/shells
- Fish – raw, cooked, bones, soft shells from lobster, crab or shrimp
- Fruit and vegetables – raw, cooked, whole, peelings
- Meat and bones – raw, cooked or bones
- Tea and coffee grounds – paper tea bags, tea leaves, coffee grounds & filters
- Food soiled paper – paper towels, paper plates, paper napkins, food soiled cardboard, food soiled newspaper (e.g. food wrapped in newspaper)
- Cut flowers, flower bunches and house plant cuttings
- Garbage
- Liquids of any kind
- Butcher, parchment or waxed paper
- Dryer lint, vacuum contents
- Elastics, staples, twist ties
- Hair – pet or human
- Hard shells from clams or oysters
- Plastics of any kind, including compostable or biodegradable as these are not compatible with our local composting facility
- Pet waste, pet hair or pet litter
- Recyclables such as newspaper, paper, metal/plastic containers; please take these to the recyling depot
- Stickers on produce
- Yard or garden green waste