City of Surrey 2017 - 2021 Financial Plan

UTILITY OVERVIEW SOLID WASTE

MISSION STATEMENT To provide a leadership role in municipal waste management through the application of innovative and sustainable solutions that ensures environmental, economic, and social benefits to the City of Surrey’s residents. KEY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES The Solid Waste Utility provides weekly residential curbside organic waste collection with alternating bi-weekly garbage and recycling services via a fully-automated cart- based collection system that is carried out using a Compressed Natural Gas (“CNG”) waste collection fleet. Waste collection services are provided to approximately 102,500 single family households and 27,000 secondary suites. Additionally, 34,000 residences from apartment buildings are provided centralized recycling service while approximately 50% of these households additionally receive weekly organic waste collection services. In addition to waste collection services, in 2017, Surrey will become the first municipality in North America to operate a fully integrated waste management solution. The City will process the organic waste it collects at curbside into a renewable natural gas that will be used to fuel the fleet that collects this waste at curbside. The remaining materials will be composted into a nutrient rich soil and fertilizer that will be used by local food growers and landscapers creating a closed-loop system.

2016 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PUBLIC SAFETY

 Contributed to the development of the Bylaws Adjudication process which will be leveraged by the City to hold accountable, illegal dumpers that are identified using new infrared, motion-detection surveillance cameras at dumping hotspots throughout the City.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

 Remodeled the City’s approach to illegal dumping cleanup operations resulting in an annual savings of $400,000 per year;  Received Performance Bonus from Multi Materials BC in the amount of $128,000 for collecting above the average volume of recyclable material per household;

 Finalized agreement with FortisBC to sell and purchase biomethane produced at the Biofuel Facility and received approval from the British Columbia Utility Commission; and  Delivered curbside waste collection services to the City’s customers in 2016 with no utility rate increase from 2015.

2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN

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