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Waste collection, diversion & disposal

The City of Vancouver's 2021 capital expenditure budget puts $36.1M into waste collection, diversion & disposal, 4.7% of the year; the largest program is “2019-2022 Landfill Phase 4 Closure”.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2021.

$36.1M
capital expenditure budget, 2021
4.7% of the year · $12.2M new multi-year budget · number 8 of 13 services in 2021

By year, 2021–2026

$36.1M in 2021 · $40.4M in 2025 (the highest) · $40.0M in 2026

Click a year to see its amount.

Its programs, 2021

2019-2022 Landfill Phase 4 ClosureDisposal$8.6M2019-2022 Routine Landfill Gas Works (Non-closure)Disposal$7.3M2019-2022 replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - SanitationSanitation$4.2MVancouver Landfill Western 40 Hectare ClosureDisposal$3.1M2019-2022 Vancouver Landfill Closure MaintenanceDisposal$2.4M2019-2022 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - DisposalDisposal$1.5MVancouver Landfill Building renovations/upgradesDisposal$1.4MVancouver Landfill Entrance RenovationsDisposal$1.1M
Show 19 moreVegetation Plan development and execution (closure)Disposal$940kZero Waste efforts - Food Waste prevention and diversionZero Waste$698k2019-2022 Vancouver Landfill Hydrogeological MonitoringDisposal$558kVancouver Landfill Closure - New Phase preparation and high traffic improvementsDisposal$523kLitter/Streetscape Recycling EnclosuresDisposal$506kOrganic Processing Design WorksDisposal$496kVancouver Landfill Storm Water Management PlanningDisposal$379kClosed Landfills Remediation programDisposal$354kCity Lay Down Area Clean UpDisposal$336kUpgrade Existing Compost Facility (VLF)Disposal$284kConstruction & Demolition Resource Recovery FacilityDisposal$275kVancouver Landfill & Transfer Station Scale SoftwareDisposal$215kSanitation Camera Solutions - Pilot program for Contamination DocumentationSanitation$200kClosed Landfills Monitoring programDisposal$196kLitter & Streetscape Recycling Cart EnclosuresSanitation$187kZero Waste StrategyDisposal$168kCart and Sanitation Services SystemDisposal$145kVancouver Landfill Hydrogeological Review 2016Disposal$102kSanitation Operations Management System (SOMS) and Business IntelligenceSanitation$50k

In the 2023–2026 Capital Plan: $151M, by sub-category

Disposal12 programs$115M
Collection & cleaning6 programs$35.8M
Diversion2 programs$220k
About these figures

The 2021 budget file (2019-2022 Capital Plan) prints this service as “Solid Waste”.

Each program is listed under the service the year’s budget file gives it; a program can move from one service to another between budgets.