2 weeks Ago By Brody Langager
Construction is expected to begin this year on a city-owned composting facility to handle organic waste , a city council committee heard on Tuesday. The project is expected to be completed sometime in 2026. The environment, utilities and corporate services committee also received reports on garbage collection for multi-unit housing and a pilot program that tested organics collection for multi-unit housing.
The city currently has a green bin collection contract with Loraas under a contingency plan after its arrangement with Green Prairie Environmental Ltd. to have a facility built just south of Saskatoon fell apart. The RM of Corman Park council denied Green Prairie’s 2023 application to set up a composting facility there.
The . The project will be funded by borrowing and repaid through utility rates. Even with the cost of borrowing, city staff previously told council a city-owned facility would save taxpayers $1.
5 million per year compared to the current arrangement with Loraas, which owns a composting facility north of the city limits..
