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Waste collection, diversion & disposal

The City of Vancouver's 2022 capital expenditure budget puts $28.0M into waste collection, diversion & disposal, 4.1% of the year; the largest program is “2019-2022 Routine Landfill Gas Works (Non-closure)”.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2022.

$28.0M
capital expenditure budget, 2022
4.1% of the year · $6.4M new multi-year budget · number 8 of 13 services in 2022

By year, 2021–2026

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

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Its programs, 2022

2019-2022 Routine Landfill Gas Works (Non-closure)Disposal$6.8M2019-2022 Landfill Phase 4 ClosureDisposal$5.1M2019-2022 replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - SanitationSanitation$3.0MVancouver Landfill Western 40 Hectare ClosureDisposal$2.8M2019-2022 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - DisposalDisposal$2.6M2019-2022 Vancouver Landfill Closure MaintenanceDisposal$1.9MTechnology Improvements To Automated Cart Collection Management Application (ACCMA)Disposal$1.1MLitter & Streetscape Recycling Cart EnclosuresDisposal$1.1M
Show 18 moreVancouver Landfill Entrance RenovationsDisposal$863k2019-2022 Vancouver Landfill Hydrogeological MonitoringDisposal$800kVancouver Landfill Building renovations/upgradesDisposal$500kOrganic Processing Design WorksDisposal$305kSanitation Camera Solutions - Pilot program for Contamination DocumentationSanitation$200kZero Waste efforts - Food Waste prevention and diversionZero Waste$193kVancouver South Transfer Station - Structural RepairsDisposal$126kVancouver Landfill Hydrogeological Review 2016Disposal$114kZero Waste Demonstration Centre PilotDisposal$100kZero Waste StrategyDisposal$97kClosed Landfills Remediation programDisposal$75kDesign, Operations and Progressive Closure Plan (DOPC) - updateDisposal$75kVancouver Landfill Closure - New Phase preparation and high traffic improvementsDisposal$65kVancouver Landfill End Use PlanDisposal$50kCity Lay Down Area Clean UpDisposal$30kClosed Landfills Monitoring programDisposal$30kUpgrade Existing Compost Facility (VLF)Disposal$14kVLF Storm Water Management PlanningDisposal$0

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 2022 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.