Composting

Composting at Home

About 30% of the garbage you are sending to the landfill is organic, compostable waste! Save landfill space and create nutrient-rich soil conditioner—it's a win-win situation.

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Learn How to Compost

The City often offers courses on composting. Check out the current Activity Guide to see what may be coming up soon. 

Yard Waste

Take yard waste to a designated depot. 

Did you know you can also compost your Halloween pumpkins by taking them to a City yard waste site?  Let your pumpkin give new life as soil by bringing it to a City yard waste site for composting.

Look for a pumpkin drop-off sign at:

• Cinnamon Ridge Compost Facility—open 7 days a week, 10:00 am–7:00 pm
• Bunker Road Yard Waste Depot—open 7 days a week, 10:00 am–6:00 pm
• Barnhartvale Compost Site – open Friday–Monday, 8:30 am–4:30 pm

Christmas Tree Recycling

Recycled trees save landfill space and produce compost material for use in parks and gardens. The City received 3,181 Christmas trees during the 2017–18 holiday season at our drop-off sites. The most popular sites this year were Albert McGowan (830), McArthur Island (456), Westsyde Park (418), and the Yacht Club (377). To date, Kamloops has recycled close to 150,000 trees! Thank You Kamloops for doing your part in diverting Christmas trees from the landfill.

Between December 27 and January 15, drop off your Christmas tree at one of these locations:

Please ensure your tree is clean of any wires, tinsel, decorations, or plastic.