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Solid Waste
New Levy to Aid in Waste Reduction and Recycling
As of January 2010, Steinbach’s Landfill is subject to a Waste Reduction and Recycling Support (WRARS) levy implemented by the Province of Manitoba. The new legislation states that every municipality in the province will be required to collect $10 per metric tonne of waste disposed at that municipality’s landfill. All vehicles that are not scaled when dropping off waste at the Steinbach Landfill will be subject to a minimum fee of $5, both residents and non-residents alike.
Vehicles dropping off recyclable or compostable materials at the landfill will not be required to pay the $5 fee, and will be directed as to where to dispose of recyclable or compostable materials.
Provincial Background Info
The Province has indicated that the purpose of the WRARS levy is to:
1. Encourage sustainable waste management practices;
2. Improve Manitoba’s waste diversion rate; and
3. Improve municipal waste diversion activities such as recycling, composting and hazardous waste disposal.
Included as part of the new initiative, municipalities are eligible for a WRARS Recycling Rebate. The Rebate is allocated to participating municipalities based on the municipality’s percentage share of total eligible recycling tonnages reported in a six-month period, including compost and wood waste materials.
The WRARS levy is an amendment to the Provincial Reduction and Prevention Act. The WRARS fund will be managed by Green Manitoba, a special operating agency of the Province of Manitoba.
For more information about the WRARS levy, visit greenmanitoba.ca.
City of Steinbach's Compost Challenge
The City of Steinbach has developed a environmental challenge for its community.  The purpose of the Compost Challenge program is to decrease the amount of yard/garden and food waste that is being dumped at the Steinbach landfill. Approximately 45 per cent of the waste in the Steinbach landfill is compostable material. The City received a grant of $14,700 from the Waste Reduction And Prevention Program (WRAPP) to aid in the success of this program. On April 25, 2009, the City sold 700 bins in 4 hours!
The Compost Challenge will accomplish the goal of waste reduction through the sale of subsidized compost bins, free compost informational brochures, and free compost workshops offered by the City and the Master Composters in the area.
If you would like to be notified about upcoming compost workshop dates, please e-mail areitsma@steinbach.ca or call 346-6231.
For more information on winter composting and composting in general, please visit www.compost.org or www.resourceconservation.mb.ca.
Landfill Compost Site
A community composting program is implemented at the landfill to help divert compostable yard and garden waste from the other garbage. Future plans are to expand the compost site to allow kitchen and garden waste.
Items that are accepted into the compost pile:
leaves
grass clippings
clippings from plants & flowers
Items that are NOT accepted into the compost pile:
non-organic matter
kitchen/food waste
branches
pine needles
Compost pile at the Steinbach landfill facility
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