A man recycles food scraps. He puts them in a bin.
Photo by Ian Smith/The Vancouver Sun
Food is not garbage
Adapted from The Vancouver Sun by Nila Gopaul
Level 1
- Listen to “Food is not garbage”– Level 1
Reading by Jessica Heafey
Metro Vancouver* wants you
to recycle your food scraps.
Starting in January 2015,
food scraps must go into a green bin.
Then the city collects the scraps.
The scraps make compost soil.
Farms and gardens use this soil.
A man shows compost soil.
Photo by AGRICULTURA REGENERATIVA/ CC, Flickr
Facts:
- *Metro Vancouver has 23 members,
for example, Richmond, Surrey,
and Tsawwassen** First Nation. - Metro Vancouver population: 2.4 million (2,400,000)
- 40% of garbage is food waste.
** say: TSA-wah-sen
Metro Vancouver
Photo by TastyCakes/CC, Wikipedia
Courtesy of the City of Vancouver
What goes in the green bin?
Put these items in the green bin.
Do not put these items in the green bin.
Three easy steps
Line your kitchen container with newspaper or a paper bag.
Wrap food scraps and put them in your kitchen container.
Empty food scraps from the kitchen container into the green bin.
Illustrations by Nola Johnston