Solid Waste Management Plan
We want your input on the draft Solid Waste Management Plan Update, take these steps to participate:
1. Get informed – use this webpage to access information by print, videos, virtual or in person meetings
2. Complete the survey:
Solid Waste Management Survey
Surveys will be available until June 5th.
Who should participate? Residents of the CRD, City of Quesnel, City of Williams Lake, and Districts of 100 Mile House and Wells.
Have questions? Call us at 1-800-665-1636 or email talktrash@cariboord.ca
Learn more and have your say! Participate in a virtual meeting or attend an open house near you. Drop ins welcome!
Virtual Information Meetings
Options Overview Register for May 10th Noon (1 hr)Register for May 10th 4 pm (1 hr)
Curbside Collection
Register for May 11 Noon (30 min)
Register here May 11 4 pm (30 min)
In Person Open Houses
All sessions to be held from 4-6:30pm. Brief presentations to be held at 4:30 and 5:30pm. Refreshments will be provided. Please register to receive your calendar invite at links below up to a day prior; drop ins are welcome too.
Register for May 16th
Williams Lake 4-6:30 pm (Gibraltar Room - Cariboo Memorial Complex)
Register for May 17th
Quesnel 4-6:30pm (Dunkley Room - West Fraser Centre)
Register for May 18
District of 100 Mile House 4-6:30pm
(South Cariboo Rec Centre Lobby)
The Cariboo Regional District has an updated Draft Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) to provide guidance on how our waste is managed. The Draft is the result of collaboration and input from the CRD’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC).
Read more on the SWMP Update |
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What? The Cariboo Regional District has an updated Draft Solid Waste Management Plan (Draft Plan) to provide guidance on how our waste is managed. The Province requires this plan to be updated each decade. Why? The businesses and residents of the CRD, City of Quesnel, City of Williams Lake and Districts of 100 Mile House and Wells add 640 kilograms of garbage per person per year to our landfills, which adds up to approximately 42,000 metric tonnes. We spend at least $140 per resident to manage solid waste every year with funding from property taxes, municipal taxes, tipping fees, and grants. We need to reduce our garbage generation to mitigate cost increases, meet resident’s recycling and composting expectations, work towards provincial targets, protect the environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Context? The CRD wants to build on the successes of the 2013 Solid Waste Management Plan, which included waste wise education, improved recycling access, subsidized composter sales and yard and garden waste composting to divert organics, clean wood waste and concrete diversion, attending nine of the busiest rural refuse sites and landfill compliance assessments. These initiatives resulted in about 140 kg per person per year reduction in waste generation. Who? The Draft SWMP Update is the result of collaboration and input from the CRD's Solid Waste Advisory Committee, which is comprised of interested residents, First Nation representatives, environmental organization members, industry representatives, and local government staff. How? After reviewing public consultation feedback gathered in June of 2021, the Advisory Committee identified eight future options to reduce waste sent to landfills and improve refuse site compliance. If all options are undertaken, we could reduce landfilled waste by 100 kg per person per year, or 6,300 tonnes. Your role? We want your feedback on the Draft Plan Update. Take five minutes to complete the SWMP options survey.
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The (SWAC) incorporated public consultation feedback from 2021 to identify eight future options to reduce waste sent to landfills and improve refuse site compliance.
Click the icons below to learn more about each proposed option.
