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Reginans now have a permanent, free-to-use site where they can drop off their lawn clippings, sod, garden waste and clipped tree branches for disposal and composting.
The City of Regina opened the yard-waste site on Monday, on the southwest side of the landfill. It’s free to use and open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. every day; it’ll be open every year from spring until fall.
One of the main goals of the site is to go green and go compostable, according to the city’s Kim Onrait.
“We really want people to stay away from using plastic bags, which are not compostable,” he said.
Residents who haul their debris with plastic bags will either need to throw them out on site in a designated bin, or keep them for reuse.
Onrait explained that waste dropped off there will be picked up by Crown Shred & Recycling, which will then let it compost into yard fertilizer.
“Going back into the ground, it’s a recyclable product,” he said.
As part of that effort, the city is encouraging residents to bring their yard waste in paper bags, reusable bags or reusable containers.
Ward 5 councillor and deputy mayor John Findura said it’s good practice to reduce the amount of one-time-use plastic bags.
“You need to look at where those bags end up, and if you’re driving by, you see them all over the place, all over the Ring Road and all that,” he said.
The city said the start-up cost for the disposal site is $300,000, and it will cost $600,000 annually to operate it.
It’s divided up into four lanes to organize residents based on the materials they bring.
More information about the site and an incentive program to encourage paper bag usage can be found on the city’s website.