waste disposal

The Okanagan Forest Task Force cleaned over 1,400 pounds of garbage from Beaver Lake Road on March 14. (Supplied/Kane Blake)

1,400 pounds of garbage discovered in Lake Country backcountry

Okanagan Forest Task Force cleaned up the mess on March 14

 

All Regional District of Central Okanagan residents receiving curbside garbage/recycling collection will also benefit from yard waste pick up every two weeks as of March 1, 2021. The program runs until the end of December. (Black Press file photo)

Central Okanagan residents to benefit from yard waste pickup

Will happen every two weeks until end of December

 

A group of Kelowna Yacht Club volunteers fetched six large garbage bins full of garbage from Kelowna’s waterfront, last week. (Submitted - Susanne Young)

Six garbage bags of trash removed from Kelowna’s waterfront

Kelowna Yacht Club volunteers took to the shoreline to clean up the environment

 

A garbage collection worker suffered a serious injury on an Armstrong route due to improperly disposed hazardous waste items Tuesday, May 26, 2020. (Stock photo)

Improper waste disposal leaves Okanagan worker with serious injury

The city’s waste collection contractor has seen two incidents of improper disposal in as many weeks

A garbage collection worker suffered a serious injury on an Armstrong route due to improperly disposed hazardous waste items Tuesday, May 26, 2020. (Stock photo)
Okanagan Forest Task Force clean up took place on May 9 along Postill Lake Road

Volunteers cleaning up Postill Lake Road dodge speeding vehicle

Okanagan Forest Task Force removed 29,100 pounds of scrap metal fromthe bush

Okanagan Forest Task Force clean up took place on May 9 along Postill Lake Road