Winnipeg Winnipeg’s Solid Waste Services in comparable cities and the lowest annual is one of the last Canadian cities without a 2020. [...] services is not sustainable, and current The Alternative Municipal Budget proposes: Instead of supporting waste collection, property A report from Solid Waste Services to Winnipeg’s taxes should be used to support community-based Standing Policy Committee on Water and Waste programming that provides environmental and social identified additional costs (operating plus financing benefits and is open. [...] for capital) as $27 – $63 million as the capital cost of a The financial plan and utility rate model report compost facility, which would be reduced to $9 – $21 recommended several funding models, including a million if shared equally with the Provincial and Federal Residential Utility User Fee to replace the current mix of governments. [...] An additional cost of $18 million is property taxes and waste diversion fee funding, or a Pay identified for the implementation of the program. [...] Questions for your candidate: • Would you support a residential • Would you support a Pay as You • Would you support changing the green bin program for organic Throw utility fee that charged less garbage pick-up cycle to every two waste collection in Winnipeg? for organic and recycle pick-up weeks while having the organic and that also took low-income pick-up every week? homeowners into account? T.
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