Edmonton condos struggling with new organic waste collection roll out [Video]

The Canadian Condominium Institute (CCI) North Alberta isn’t happy with Edmonton’s rollout of its new waste collection program to apartments and condos.

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In 2021, the city launched the new waste collection program for single family homes, with garbage, food scraps and recycling sorted and picked up separately.

The city wants all Edmonton apartments and condos to do the same by 2027, and a four-part roll out began in southeast Edmonton last year.

The changes began with city teams delivering food scrap pails and educational booklets to residents.

“We have a waste education team that actually visits every single door to speak to the residents, address concerns, answer questions, and get their buy-in to sort their waste in these new programs,” Vahid Rashidi, program director of communal waste transformation at the city, said.

CCI government advocacy co-chair Anand Sharma said, despite those steps, the program has “gone off the rails.”

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