Metro Vancouver

Region to ban food from regular garbage – starting in 2015

In 2015 Metro Vancouver will start a disposal ban for organics (all compostable material, including food). Reduce how much food you waste, or separate it from regular garbage for composting or biofuel. The way we manage our waste is changing. Survey

New Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant

To meet new federal and provincial standards Metro Vancouver will build a new secondary wastewater treatment plant to replace the existing treatment plant. The Project Definition Phase is almost complete with the development of a Indicative Design that was endorsed by the Metro Vancouver Board on November 15, 2013. Learn more about this project.

New Waste to Energy

Four potential locations (six individual parcels in four locations) for New Waste-To-Energy facilities were made public by Metro Vancouver as part of its current phase in the procurement process for new waste to energy capacity for the region. Learn more about the proponents and their technologies. Additional sites proposed by land owners will be announced in spring 2014.

Sustainability Breakfast - Local Food Hubs, Wednesday, March 12

Join us to discuss how local food hubs are building the local food economy by matching consumer interest in local foods with the means of bringing food from local fields to our tables. Two emerging food hubs will be presented - the New City Market in Vancouver and an Agrifood Distribution Hub in the North Fraser region.