Winnipeg city council’s most senior committee wants to know how a residential compost program could get up and running faster than the current seven-year timeline.
On Tuesday, council’s executive policy committee approved a proposal to begin picking up food waste from Winnipeg homes by 2030. The committee had laid the matter over from its meeting last month to give staff more time to look at ways of bringing the program online sooner and for less money.
A City of Winnipeg plan aims to have a curbside compost pick-up program in place by 2030, but the executive policy committee passed a motion calling on staff to consult potential service providers about options to start sooner.
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