The Haisla Nation Environment Department has collaborated with the District of Kitimat to introduce a Curbside Recycling Program to Kitamaat Village, and near the end of 2023, a Municipal Services Agreement between the two parties was finalized.
Use the ONLINE TOOL or download the Recycle Coach App to find your personal collection days and search for specific items to know where they fit in the curbside collection program.
You can use the app to:
- Get alerts for your collection schedule.
- Use the ‘What Goes Where’ search to see what’s accepted at the curb.
- Participate in Way Less Waste activities.
Schedules & Guide
Frequently asked questions
A service provided through a Municipal Services Agreement between the District of Kitimat and Haisla Nation to collect residential garbage, recycling, and food waste to be managed in an environmentally responsible manner – either landfilled, sent for recycling, or composted.
You can find the collection schedule for the Haisla Nation on this page. For custom reminders and schedules, download the Recycle Coach app, or visit www.kitimat.ca for schedules and a 'What Goes Where" tool.
Animal attractants are typically food. Food waste should be placed in the green bin provided by HN. Food waste should no longer be placed in your garbage bin. Food waste is collected weekly, and your green bins can be lined with compostable liners or newspaper or brown kraft paper.
If items such as diapers or pet feces are especially smelly, add ¼ cup of baking soda to your garbage bag.
As of March 11, 2024, the curbside collection service includes the following:
- Weekly food waste collection
- Bi-weekly recyclables collection
- Bi-weekly garbage collection (alternating with recycling)
- Garbage is collected in a plastic garbage bag placed in a lidded black garbage container.
- Recyclables are collected in the HN-supplied blue bin.
- Food Waste is collected in the HN-supplied, hinged-lidded green bin labelled “Food Waste”.
As of March 11, 2024, the limits for each waste stream are as follows:
- Food waste: One HN-supplied 57 L food waste bin containing a maximum of 23 kg (50 lbs) of food waste every week
- Recycling: Unlimited in bins, no larger than the HN provided 121 L blue bin every second week
- Garbage: Up to three 121 L black garbage bins, not exceeding 23 kg (50 lbs) every second week
- A kitchen catcher (8 L) that you keep in your kitchen for food waste (please do not place this at the curb on collection day)
- A green bin (57 L) for food waste that is taken to the curb weekly
Containers must be placed at the curb, so they are visible and accessible for the collectors, and do not block roadways or sidewalks.
Please have your containers at the curb, on collection day, by 8:00 a.m. Collection may take place at any time of the day, so it’s important that your bins are out in the morning.
The Recycle Coach app can be downloaded free from your smart device’s App Store or Google Play. You can also use the desktop version on the Recycle Coach website. Features of the app include:
“What goes where?” search tool that allows you to look up material-specific collection or drop-off requirements.
Personalized notifications and reminders for regular collection schedules and special events via email, text message or phone call
Background
The program started in the first week of March 2024. Before it began, the HN Environment team shared information with people in different ways—like on social media, in our monthly newsletter, by going door-to-door, and at community meetings. At the meetings, they talked about the bins given to every home in Kitamaat Village and explained what things can be recycled. You can also watch a short video that sums up the main points from the meetings below.
Local Recycling
Kitimat’s local recycling centres take glass, foam, refundable bottles and cans, and more.
- Kitimat Understanding the Environment (KUTE) (314 Railway Ave.)
- Encorp Return-It bottle depot (428 Enterprise Ave.)