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[[File:Green bin collection in Dublin.jpg|thumb|Green bins being emptied in Dublin, Ireland]]
A '''green bin''' is a large, movable, rigid plastic or metal container that contains [[Biodegradation|biodegradable]] waste or compostable materials as a means to divert waste from [[landfill]]s. In some local authorities, green bins are also used to contain unsorted [[municipal solid waste]]. 

The program's purpose is to reduce the amount of waste shipped to landfills by recycling [[biodegradable waste]] into [[compost]]. The programs collect kitchen and related organic waste (typically including soiled paper products, pet waste, sawdust, and similar items) using a waist-high green curbside container, for which the programs are named. The municipality picks up the waste on a regular basis along with other [[Waste|garbage]] and [[recycling]] collections, and composts it at an industrial composting facility. While it is true that home composting can also serve this purpose, the green bin programs are viewed as being more convenient and more inclusive of source materials.

==Green bins by country==

===Canada===
The following municipalities have implemented a Green Bin program:
[[Image:Toronto Green Bin.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A Green Bin in Toronto, Ontario.]]
* [[Beaumont, Alberta|Beaumont]], [[Alberta]]<ref>((Cite web|title=Beaumont's Waste Program |url=https://www.beaumont.ab.ca/706/Beaumonts-Waste-Program|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Beaumont, AB ))</ref>
*[[Calgary]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|title=Why the city isn't switching to weekly green bin pickup during COVID-19|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/why-the-city-isnt-switching-to-weekly-green-bin-pickup-during-covid-19|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Calgary Herald |language=en-CA |first=Madeline |last=Smith |date=Apr 9, 2020))</ref>
*[[Coaldale, Alberta|Coaldale]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|title=Needed updates passed for Coaldale waste bylaw |website=Sunny South News|url=http://www.sunnysouthnews.com/news/2020/12/01/needed-updates-passed-for-coaldale-waste-bylaw/|access-date=2021-07-26|language=en-CA |date=December 1, 2020 |first=Nikki |last=Jamieson ))</ref>
*[[Dufferin County|Dufferin County's]] Green Bin program has been in full operation since 2007.
*[[Regional Municipality of Durham|Durham Region]], [[Ontario|Ontario's]] Green Bin program initially began with [[Scugog, Ontario|Scugog]], [[Uxbridge, Ontario|Uxbridge]], [[Brock, Ontario|Brock]] and [[Clarington, Ontario|Clarington]], but has since been expanded to all municipalities in the Region since 2006.
*[[Edmonton]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|title=What you need to know as Edmonton begins rollout of new garbage cart system - Edmonton |date=March 14, 2021 |first=Allison |last=Bench |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7695093/edmonton-new-garbage-cart-system-rollout/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Global News|language=en-US))</ref>
*[[Fort Saskatchewan]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|last=Myroon|first=Alex|title=New organics collection schedule now in effect in Fort Sask|url=https://fortsaskonline.com/local/waste-collection|access-date=2021-07-26|website=FortSaskOnline.com|language=en-gb |date=5 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726190319/https://fortsaskonline.com/local/waste-collection |archive-date=Jul 26, 2021 ))</ref>
*[[Guelph]], Ontario has had a "Green" compost program for several years
*The [[Halifax Regional Municipality]] has had Green Bin collection in urban areas since 1998.
*[[Hamilton, Ontario]] had originally implemented its "Green Bin" program to houses in 2006 and is the first city to recently spread the project to [[apartment]] buildings and complexes to reduce waste by 35% to ease the garbage in Hamilton's only operational landfill.
*[[Lethbridge]], Alberta starting in 2023.<ref>((Cite web|last=Gunn|first=Connor|title=Curbside Organics program starting in Lethbridge in 2023|url=https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2021/06/03/curbside-organics-program-starting-in-lethbridge-in-2023/ |date=Jun 3, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-26|website=Lethbridge News Now|language=en))</ref>
*[[Morinville]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|date=2020-07-16|title=Garbage, Recycling and Organics|url=https://www.morinville.ca/en/living-here/garbage-recycling-and-organics.aspx|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Town of Morinville |language=en))</ref>
*[[Ottawa]], Ontario has a Green Bin program in operation since January 2010, with service to apartments and multi-residential units to follow.
* [[Regional Municipality of Peel|Peel Region, Ontario]]'s Green Bin program began on April 2, 2007.
*[[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]], Alberta
*[[Richmond, British Columbia]]'s Green Cart program has been around since 2009 and accepts all food scraps and yard trimmings.<ref>((cite web|title=Green Cart Recycling |url=http://www.richmond.ca/services/recycling/food-yard/townhomesgreencart.htm|website=City of Richmond BC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517235346/https://www.richmond.ca/services/recycling/food-yard/townhomesgreencart.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2021 ))</ref>
*[[Rocky Mountain House]], Alberta
*[[Spruce Grove]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|title=Organics|url=https://www.sprucegrove.org/services/garbage-organics-recycling/organics/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada |language=en))</ref>
*[[St. Albert, Alberta|St. Albert]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|title=Green Organics Cart |url=https://stalbert.ca/home/waste/collection/organics/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=City of St. Albert|language=en))</ref>
*[[Stony Plain, Alberta|Stony Plain]], Alberta
*[[Strathcona County]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|title=10-year waste plan in the works|url=https://sherwoodparknews.com/news/local-news/10-year-waste-plan-in-the-works|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Sherwood Park News |date=Apr 13, 2021 |first=Lindsay |last=Morey |language=en-CA))</ref>
*[[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]<ref>((Cite web|title=Green bins |url=https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/green-bins.aspx|website=City of Vancouver |language=en-CA))</ref>
*[[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], Ontario introduced "Green Cart" program in 2009.<ref>((cite web|title=Green is the new blue |date=June 13, 2009 |first=Harold |last=Carmichael |website=Sudbury Star |url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/2009/06/13/green-is-the-new-blue|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140422/http://www.thesudburystar.com/2009/06/13/green-is-the-new-blue|archive-date=6 August 2017|publisher=Postmedia|accessdate=6 August 2017|df=dmy-all))</ref>
*[[Taber, Alberta|Taber]], Alberta<ref>((Cite web|title=Waste Collection & Disposal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726190320/https://www.taber.ca/town-services/public-works/waste-collection-disposal |archive-date=2021-07-26 |url=https://www.taber.ca/town-services/public-works/waste-collection-disposal|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Town of Taber ))</ref>
*[[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]] began its program in the [[Etobicoke, Ontario|Etobicoke]] area in 2002, and expanded it in subsequent years until the entire city was covered in 2005.
* [[Regional Municipality of York, Ontario|York Region, Ontario]] has implemented a Green Bin program throughout the region as of September 17, 2007. The city of [[Markham, Ontario|Markham]], the first [[York Region]] municipality to implement the program, began its Green Bin collection program as part of its "[[Mission Green]]" in the fall of 2004 with implementation to 12,500 single-family residences. "Mission Green" is [[Markham, Ontario|Markham']][https://www.transparentcleaning.ca/ s] plan to divert 70% of its waste from landfill. In July 2005, the program was expanded citywide.

====Compliance====
Green bin programs have thus far been optional for residents excluding those in Hamilton, Ontario. Many residents willingly cooperate with the programs.

*In Toronto, as of March 2006, the program was diverting 100,000 tonnes from landfill each year.<ref name="Toronto">((cite news|url=http://www.toronto.ca/greenbin/pdf/newsletter/north_york/news2_english_ny.pdf|publisher=City of Toronto|title=Green Bin Newsletter|date=March–April 2006))</ref>

*In Markham, over 90% of residents put out green bins and blue boxes each week. Including other recycling programs, 65% of waste is being diverted from landfill.<ref name="Markham">((cite news |url= http://www.markham.ca/markham/resources/mgnewsletter_iss4_Apr06.pdf |publisher = Town of Markham |title = Mission Green Newsletter |date = April 2006 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061007134732/http://www.markham.ca/markham/resources/mgnewsletter_iss4_Apr06.pdf |archivedate = 2006-10-07))</ref>

*In Durham Region, the introduction of the Green Bin in July 2006, coupled with an increase in pickup frequency for other recyclables, has led to a 39% decrease on tonnage sent to landfill compared to July 2005.<ref name="Durham">((cite news|url=http://www.durhamregion.com/dr/regions/durham/story/3696570p-4273014c.html|first=Erin|last=Hatfield|publisher=Durham Region News|title= Diversion reaches 50 per cent|date=2006-09-22|accessdate = 2006-09-30))((Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot))</ref>

*In Simcoe County, the introduction of the Green Bin on Sept 29th, 2008 to 16 municipalities, coupled with the weekly pickup for other recyclables, has led to a 50% diversion rate during the initial weeks of the program. This is an increase of approximately 20% over the same period last year.<ref name="Simcoe">((cite news|first=Kevin|last=Wells|publisher=County of Simcoe|title= Managing Your Waste (Newsletter)|date=2008-11-01))</ref>

In all programs, some residents perceive an increase in workload related to garbage handling, and object to the program on that basis. In Durham Region, some residents object to a requirement to use [[biodegradable]] liner bags, which adds a cost to the home-owner that does not exist in Toronto. The York Region and Toronto Green Bin programs allow residents to use regular plastic grocery sacks as liner bags.

The following mechanisms are typically used to encourage compliance:
* Garbage collection is typically performed every second week.
* The number of garbage bags allowed per collection is frequently restricted (e.g. three bags per pick up in Markham and four bags per pick-up in [[Durham Region]]).
* The use of clear garbage bags is sometimes mandated, in order to allow collection staff to determine if recyclable material is being thrown out.

===United Kingdom===
Green Bin recycling programmes are now common in the UK. Green Bins have been rolled out over the past 10 years to reduce the quantities of biodegradable waste contained in a black [[bin bag]] in response to the [[Landfill Directive]]. Another common colour in the UK for garden waste collection is a brown wheelie bin. Some councils collect [[food waste]] in a separate container for example, for [[anaerobic digestion]] or mixed with garden waste in the wheelie bin, where they go to an [[in-vessel composting|in vessel composting facility]]. In both cases a kitchen caddy, a 7-litre plastic box, is provided by the council, with compostable cornstarch liners and, when full, are emptied into a small kerbside box or into the garden waste bin. In Fife, Scotland, the green bin is normal sized and used to collect tins and plastics.

===United States===
Some US cities have begun Green Bin programs under various names, including Seattle and San Francisco.<ref>((cite web|title=Food & Yard Waste at Your House|url=http://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Yard/Yard_Waste_Collection/index.asp|publisher=Seattle.gov|accessdate=2011-09-12))</ref><ref name=Recology>((cite web|url=http://www.sunsetscavenger.com/index.php |title=Recology SF • San Francisco Garbage Collection Services • San Francisco Recycling • San Francisco Junk Pickup • Sunset Scavenger • Golden Gate Disposal |publisher=Sunsetscavenger.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-12))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Blue box recycling system]]
* [[Blue bag]] - materials vary depending on the municipality
* [[Recycling bin]]s - boxes with holes to allow users to drop material in to be recycled
* [[Compost]]ing
* [[Mechanical biological treatment]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.toronto.ca/greenbin/index.htm Toronto Green Bin Program]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081205072031/http://www.region.durham.on.ca/works.asp?nr=%2Fdepartments%2Fworks%2Fwaste%2Ffoodwaste.htm&setFooter=%2Fincludes%2FworksFooter.txt Durham Region Green Bin Program]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070102220905/http://www.markham.ca/markham/Channels/wastemgmt/missiongreen/material_acpted.htm Markham Green Bin Program]
*[http://www.norsemanplastics.com Norseman Plastics website]
*[https://www.greatersudbury.ca/live/garbage-and-recycling/composting/ City of Greater Sudbury Green Cart program]

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