Zero Waste Australia

Whistler - Throwing your apple core in the garbage in Whistler could soon carry the same stigma as tossing a plastic drink bottle in the trash. The community's new composting facility is set to begin operations this month and residential organic waste will soon be accepted at both local garbage compactor sites.

Brian Barnett, the municipality's general manager of environmental services, on Monday (Nov. 3) said compost collection bins should be in place at the Nesters and Function Junction compactor sites within the next two weeks.

Municipal staff is working with local Rotary groups and the Cow's ice cream shop to provide ice cream bins for Whistler residents to use for organic waste collection at home, he said. No plastic or metal is accepted in the compost bins, so people can't simply drop off a plastic bag full of organic waste, Barnett said.

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