Greater Vancouver Regional District Zero Waste Committee

PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to update the GVS&DD Board on the key findings in the Metro Vancouver Recycling and Solid Waste Management 2015 Report. [...] The report is typically published in the fall of the following year once the data becomes available from disposal and recycling facilities processing materials in the region. [...] PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to update the GVS&DD Board on the results of the 2016 regional waste composition monitoring program. [...] A summary of the 2016 findings is provided in the Attachment and the full 2016 Waste Composition Monitoring Program report is available on the Metro Vancouver website: ZWC-22 Waste Composition The following table summarizes the disposal per capita (kg/capita) and percentage disposed for primary material [...] The population and total garbage figures used in this analysis are for the previous year as the waste composition study is conducted in the summer but the total garbage figures are not finalized until the following year.