Councillors OK garbage-collection contracts
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.99/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
A city committee gave a green light to two new private garbage-collection contracts Monday, while also calling on city staff to collect compost throughout Winnipeg in the future.
The water and waste committee approved a $19.7-million annual contract for Municipal Waste Management to collect garbage, recycling and yard waste from one area of the city. It also voted in favour of a $17.4-million annual contract for GFL Environmental to provide the same service in the rest of Winnipeg, pending a final council vote.
The contracts would run from Feb. 1, 2027, to Jan. 31, 2032.
City compost, recycling and garbage bins (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
Instead of simply accepting those contracts, however, Coun. Brian Mayes (St. Vital) raised a successful motion to direct city staff to deliver curbside compost collection when that service begins in 2030.
That switch to public collection would require final approval from city council. Multiple calls for that “in-house” collection have not survived such votes in the past.
Mayes argues adding some public collection would allow the city to better control waste collection and its costs, while opponents of the idea say using city employees to collect waste would cost much more than a private contract.
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Joyanne loves to tell the stories of this city, especially when politics is involved. Joyanne became the city hall reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press in early 2020.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Joyanne loves to tell the stories of this city, especially when politics is involved. Joyanne became the city hall reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press in early 2020.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Advertisement Advertise With Us