City of Surrey 2017 - 2021 Financial Plan
Solid Waste
INFRASTRUCTURE
Through direct contact with residents, we have doubled our Large Item Pick Up participation rates from an average of 15% / year to 30% since May 2016; Initiated a pilot program for Large Item Pick Up Services at high rise apartment buildings; Increased waste collection services to include households within the City’s Agricultural Land Reserve; and Diverted over 64,500 metric tonnes of
Achieved significant progression towards completing construction of the Surrey Biofuel facility (85% completion by December 31, 2016); Hosted six pilot Pop Up Junk Drop events between July and October 2016 with approximately 1,250 tonnes of waste and recycled materials collected and 68% of this waste diverted from landfill. In addition, over 100 tonnes of reusable materials were recovered by non-profit agencies working with the City;
organic waste at curbside, far exceeding the previous forecast.
FUTURE INITIATIVES, GOALS & OBJECTIVES
PUBLIC SAFETY
Reduce illegal dumping and associated costs by 50% over the next 5 years (Year 3 of 5).
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS
Develop and implement a customer self -service portal (or app) for Enhanced Services (user pay). Start with piloting enhanced waste services including: Cart orders or maintenance requests; Large Item Pick Up (“LIPU”) requests; Organic bag liner purchase and delivery; Cart Cleaning subscription service; and User pay service for large item/ quantity waste collection (beyond curbside or LIPU service).
Become the first city in Canada to achieve Zero Waste in the next 7 years; and Initiate development of Waste Collection Services RFP (for 2019) and piloting related initiatives.
2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN
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