City council unanimously supports curbside compost collection project
Meadow Lakers will soon have the option to sign up for a new curbside bin, this time for compost collection.
Mayor and council unanimously approved the addition of this program. As a delegation at the May 8 city council meeting, Layne Shkopich of Shkopich Enviro was present to ask for approval to establish the new service, and provided a report about how the program would work as a part of the waste diversion program.
The document indicated that it would only available to residents of the city of Meadow Lake at this time, and would include unbagged leaves, grass clippings, non-woody vegetation and plant waste. The pickup would occur every two weeks, on the same cycle as recycling. The program would be seasonal weather-dependent and run from May to October,.
Several council members had questions about how the program would work.