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  • Regional District asking public about composting sites, carts and landfills

    April 12, 2017 - 11:55 AM

    Throughout April and May, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) will be conducting open houses across the Regional area to get public feedback on a number of potential solid waste projects.

  • City looks for new ways to manage wastewater solids

    April 10, 2017 - 12:04 PM

    As the population in the region increases, the cities of Kelowna and Vernon are working together to identify sustainable ways to manage the region’s growing supply of treated wastewater solids – and they want to hear from residents.

    “We are committed to finding a socially, economically and environmentally responsible long-term solution,” said City of Kelowna Utilities Planning Manager Andrew Reeder.

  • New RDOS business education program

    March 07, 2017 - 11:13 AM

    The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) has hired GreenStep Solutions to undertake a business education campaign focused on small and medium businesses and multi-family units.

  • Open House at Glenmore Landfill

    February 10, 2017 - 9:39 AM

    KELOWNA - The City of Kelowna will host a public open house at the Glenmore Landfill on Tuesday, Feb. 21, to offer an in-depth look at future plans for the facility, including a proposed revision to the current fill plan which would extend the life of the landfill up to 25 years.

  • Places to recycle your Christmas tree in Kamloops

    December 28, 2016 - 10:00 AM

    KAMLOOPS - Recycled trees save landfill space and produce compost material for use in parks and gardens. To date, Kamloops has recycled close to 150,000 trees!

  • Chip Your Christmas Tree, Don’t Chuck It!

    December 18, 2016 - 4:29 PM

    When you take down your Christmas tree after the holidays, keep in mind you can dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way and have it chipped, not chucked.

    “You can give your tree another life after the holidays by dropping it off at any one of the convenient Chip It locations,” says Waste Reduction Facilitator Rae Stewart with the Regional District. Your tree will then be chipped down and composted into a nutrient rich soil enhancer called GlenGrow.

  • Cache Creek Landfill Set To Close Earlier

    December 08, 2016 - 4:43 PM

    Wastech Services has moved up the closure date of the Cache Creek Landfill to December 15, 2016, from the original date of December 31.

  • Kelowna's Repair Cafe volunteers will fix your stuff this weekend

    November 01, 2016 - 11:00 AM

    Do you have something at home that’s broken and needs fixing or repair?  Really wish you could give it a new life, but you just don’t know how to go about it? Don’t put it off any longer! Bring it to the Repair Café this weekend at Okanagan College, and get it fixed at last, for free!

    Hosted by the Regional Waste Reduction Office, the Repair Café runs Saturday (November 5th) from 10am until 2pm at the brand new Trades Building at Okanagan College o...

  • Dumping contributes to the spread of invasive species

    October 07, 2016 - 10:13 AM

    THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - New sites have been discovered by the Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society (CSISS) where yard waste dumping has led to invasive plant infestations – both within regional landfills and at illegal dumping sites.

  • Volunteer group wants help targeting illegal dumping

    September 28, 2016 - 12:27 PM

    CENTRAL OKANGAN - For the second time in a matter of weeks, a dedicated group of volunteer outdoor enthusiasts will be out in the bush this coming weekend cleaning up illegally dumped garbage others less responsible have left behind. And if you want to pitch in and lend some elbow grease to their cause, they could sure use your help.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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