Three Bin Waste Carts Pegged A Success By Taber Public Works
TABER – The Town of Taber’s three bin waste management disposal system has been well received, according to town officials.
Since March 2016, residents have been able to use colour-coded rolling carts to sort their waste, recycling and organics for curbside collection.
Gary Scherer, Director of Engineering & Public Works, said that town council is very pleased with the public’s reception.
“Our existing system consisted of a lot of commercial bins; everyone could throw whatever garbage they wanted to in back allies. Now we’ve found in the first four weeks of the next system, we have found that 71.5 per-cent of residents switched to organics and recycling. Now there is only 28.5 per-cent of garbage being sent to landfills,” Scherer said.