Containers for food waste should be received by all participants in Medicine Hat's food waste collection pilot program by the end of the day Friday, April 5. (Ross Lavigne/CHAT News)

By Jesse Gill

Medicine Hat’s food waste pilot program first collection next week

Apr 5, 2024 | 10:20 AM

The City of Medicine Hat’s food waste pilot program is set to get underway on Monday with the beginning of yard waste collection starting in zone five.

Residents participating in the pilot in all collection zones should receive their buckets for the food waste by the end of the day Friday, April 5.

Residents in the food waste pilot program are encouraged to review the pamphlet in their food waste bucket they receive from the city. (City of Medicine Hat)

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Only participants in the pilot are asked to dump the approved food waste in their green yard waste bin along with grass clippings, leaves, cut branches and any other approved material.

A full list of approved food waste items can be found on the city website or in the brochure inside the food waste buckets being sent out.

Inside of the Food Waste Pamphlet those participating in the food waste pilot program will receive in their food waste bucket it goes over what to put into the buckets and not. (City of Medicine Hat)

Shane Briggs, the city’s waste and recycling manager, encouraged residents to read the brochure.

“It’s very informative, it has a QR code as well that it’ll take you directly to the website,” Briggs said.

“If you go to the website, we really encourage people, like citywide, not even just the people that are in the pilot program to engage in the survey,” he added.

“We just want people’s feedback, kind of before the pilot and then after.”

The surveys are encouraged for all residents, as the city looks to gather as much data as they can.

The goal of the program is to see if mass adoption is wanted, which would help make the landfill last longer.

Thirty-five per cent of the current waste at the landfill is food waste.

The city’s website has a frequently asked questions section for the food waste pilot program.

Additional question can be directed to Environmental Utilities at 403-529-8176 or eu@medicinehat.ca.