About collection
Residential collection of organics will commence January 2010, with service to apartments and multi-residential units to follow. Please do not set out the green bin until your collection day in January 2010 (please refer to your collection calendar for exact dates - coming soon).
How often will my green bin material be collected?
The green bin will be collected every week during the spring, summer and fall, and every two weeks in the winter on your regular collection day starting in January. You will receive a new Collection Calendar in November that will include the Green Bin pick-up dates for your zone.
Will any odours be released from the composting facility?
The bin is an indoor processing facility optimized to minimize the risk of odour. All vehicles depositing organic material will go through a set of air-lock doors when entering and exiting the tipping area inside the building. All air leaving the building must pass through a bio-scrubber, a bio-filter and then is sent out through a 30 metre dispersion stack. This ensures that there are no odours emitted from the facility. Part of the Ministry of Environment’s requirement for the plant‘s operation is that odours cannot be detectable from the property boundary.
About the bin
The Ottawa green bin is an 80 litre bin approximately 16 inches wide by 18 inches deep and 29 inches tall. It comes with a special latch to protect from curious animals, and wheels to help you easily get it to the curb.
The small beige container is for your kitchen use. It’s an easy way for you to quickly collect your kitchen scraps and then conveniently dump them in the larger green bin for pick up. Please do NOT put the kitchen bin out at the curb. Your organic waste must be brought to the curb in the green bin.
Please use the green bin provided by the City of Ottawa when collection starts in January. The bins have been specially designed and tested for this program and are fitted for pick up by an automatic lifter on the collection vehicles.
While no container will prove 100 per cent animal proof 100 per cent of the time, the City’s green bin does have a two-stage latch. While it’s possible for humans to operate with one hand, tests have shown this model of green bin poses a challenge for most four-legged creatures. For persistent critters, use a bit of menthol vapour rub around the edge of the lid.
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