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Solid Waste
2016-2020 FINANCIAL PLAN
FUTURE INITIATIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL
Through the City’s Rethink Waste
Program, maintained 70% diversion of
curbside waste through the organic
waste and recyclable services;
Completed the Implementation of the
Rethink Waste at Work Program to all
City Facilities;
Sustained the City’s reduction in
garbage tonnage by over 40%
compared to our previous waste
collection system;
Diverted over 59,000 metric tonnes of
organic waste at curbside, far
exceeding the initial forecast;
Introduced the Surrey Apartment
Organics Collection Program. This
program provides for voluntary
participation in weekly organic waste
collection services at apartment
buildings across the City;
Worked with Surrey’s customer base
to reduce residual materials within the
organic waste stream; and
Continued to experience a 23%
reduction in carbon emissions
associated with the use of
Compressed Natural Gas waste
collection vehicles.
SOCIO-CULTURAL
Provided education across the City’s
multicultural community on reducing
contamination within the recyclables
waste stream;
Completed a comprehensive review
and rewrite of the City’s waste
collection services bylaws, given the
significant changes that have occurred
since the implementation of the
Rethink Waste Collection program for
single-family households and
Apartment Buildings;
Handled close to 17,300 service
requests from our curbside customers;
The SurreyReuses.com material
trading website received over 60,000
visits, achieved over 700 exchanges
and diverted close to 24,000 kilograms
of waste away from the landfill in
2015; and
Surrey’s Rethink Mobile App received
over 6,600 downloads while our online
widget received 97,600 views, 15,500
address searches and sent out over
5,000 active reminders.
ECONOMIC
Biofuel Project - achieve “Substantial
Completion” and commissioning of
waste processing by December 2016;
and
Work with our customers to reduce
contamination within the curbside
recycling waste stream to below the
3% threshold as required by Multi
Materials BC.
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