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Waste collection, diversion & disposal

The City of Vancouver's 2026 capital expenditure budget puts $40.0M into waste collection, diversion & disposal, 4.5% of the year; the largest program is “2023-2026 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - Sanitation”.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2026.

$40.0M
capital expenditure budget, 2026
4.5% of the year · $33.7M new multi-year budget · number 7 of 13 services in 2026

By year, 2021–2026

$36.1M in 2021 · $40.0M in 2026

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Its programs, 2026

2023-2026 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - SanitationCollection & cleaning$13.2M2023-2026 Vancouver Landfill maintenance / renovations / upgradesDisposal$6.9M2023-2026 Gas Collection InfrastructureDisposal$6.0MLandfill Closure programDisposal$5.7M2023-2026 Landfill Stormwater ManagementDisposal$2.0M2023-2026 Maintenance & renewal of Transfer StationDisposal$1.8M2023-2026 Closure maintenanceDisposal$1.4M2023-2026 Technological enhancementsCollection & cleaning$790k
Show 11 moreVancouver Landfill Phase 5 Closure - DesignDisposal$700k2023-2026 New Litter & Recycling Cans/BinsCollection & cleaning$500kVancouver Landfill Building renovations/upgradesCollection & cleaning$315k2019-2022 Vancouver Landfill Hydrogeological MonitoringDisposal$234kSanitation Camera Solutions - Pilot program for Contamination DocumentationCollection & cleaning$180kZero Waste efforts - Food Waste prevention and diversionDiversion$138kClosed Landfills Remediation programDisposal$93kClosed Landfills Monitoring programDisposal$50kTechnology Improvements To Automated Cart Collection Management Application (ACCMA)Collection & cleaning$41kDesign, Operations and Progressive Closure Plan (DOPC) - updateDisposal$13kZero Waste Demonstration Centre PilotDiversion$10k

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

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

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.