Vancouver Greens on waste: drop-off centres, Kent Avenue hub, pet waste diversion
The Green Party of Vancouver would add satellite Zero-Waste drop-off centres across the city, modernize the Kent Avenue Transfer Station into a circular economy hub, expand organics processing and collect pet waste separately. It would also ask the Province to add deposits and refunds on common single-use items.
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Zero Waste: what the Platform 2026 says
The Green Party of Vancouver closes its Sustainable Growth pillar with a short chapter on garbage and recycling. The party wants sorting waste to be easier in every part of the city. It would add more public recycling and organics bins, and a network of smaller Zero-Waste drop-off centres, supported by two industrial hubs at False Creek Flats and on Kent Avenue.
The Kent Avenue Transfer Station, where trucks and residents bring garbage and some recyclables, would be modernized as a "circular economy hub" for recovering waste and resources, as part of planned long-range capital upgrades. The Greens would also strengthen local composting, keep pet waste out of the landfill through its own collection and treatment, and support reusable containers in restaurants and public venues.
The city owns and runs the transfer station on Kent Avenue, and Council approves both the budget for waste services and the capital plan that would pay for the upgrade. New drop-off centres, organics processing and pet waste collection would come through the same budget. The platform places deposits and refunds on single-use items with the Province, and says the Greens would advocate for that change.
5 COMMITMENTS
What the party says it would do
Improve access to recycling and public facilities
The party would expand public recycling, organics and waste-separation infrastructure across the city. It would add more satellite Zero-Waste drop-off centres, spread city-wide, supported by industrial hubs at False Creek Flats and on Kent Avenue.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council funds the city's own waste services and facilities through the budget and the capital plan.
- Source
- Platform 2026, page 16
Kent Avenue Circular Economy Hub
The Greens would modernize the Kent Avenue Transfer Station, as part of planned long-range capital upgrades, to support waste and resource recovery.
- Who has the power
- City Council The transfer station on Kent Avenue is owned and run by the city, and Council approves the capital plan that would pay for the upgrade.
- Source
- Platform 2026, page 16
Improved and expanded organics processing
The party would strengthen local composting and organics recovery to make service more reliable, cut emissions and advance the city's zero-waste goals.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council sets the budget for the city's organics collection and its zero-waste goals.
- Source
- Platform 2026, page 16
Divert pet waste
The Greens would keep pet waste out of the landfill through dedicated collection, treatment and recovery systems.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council would have to fund a new collection service through the city budget.
- Source
- Platform 2026, page 16
Reuse before waste
The party would support reusable foodware, takeout containers and packaging in restaurants and public venues to reduce single-use waste. It would advocate for the Province to expand extended producer responsibility, where the makers of a product pay for its recycling, to common single-use items by adding deposits and refunds.
- Who has the power
- City, with others The city can support reuse in local businesses and venues, but the platform says the deposit and refund change is for the Province to make.
- Source
- Platform 2026, page 16
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Where the power sits for this chapter
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about zero waste
What is the Green Party of Vancouver's plan for recycling drop-off centres?
The Green Party of Vancouver would add more satellite Zero-Waste drop-off centres across the city. They would be supported by industrial hubs at False Creek Flats and on Kent Avenue (platform, page 16).
What would the Vancouver Greens do with the Kent Avenue transfer station?
The Greens would modernize the Kent Avenue Transfer Station into a circular economy hub for waste and resource recovery. The platform says this would be part of planned long-range capital upgrades (platform, page 16).
Does the Green Party of Vancouver want a separate collection for dog waste?
Yes. The party would divert pet waste from the landfill through dedicated collection, treatment and recovery systems (platform, page 16).
Would the Vancouver Greens put deposits on takeout containers?
The Green Party of Vancouver would support reusable foodware and takeout containers in restaurants and public venues. For deposits and refunds on common single-use items, it says it would advocate to the Province, which would have to make that change (platform, page 16).
Who would carry out the Green Party of Vancouver's zero waste plans?
City Council funds the city's waste services, and the city owns and runs the transfer station on Kent Avenue, so most of the chapter is Council's decision. The platform leaves the deposit and refund change to the Province (platform, page 16).
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Sources
Every commitment on this page comes from the party's own material, marked SAYS SO ITSELF. It proves what the party says it would do. Who holds each power is our own addition, from the sources listed after it.
- Platform 2026, Green Party of Vancouver (72-page PDF, last updated September 29, 2026) SAYS SO ITSELFGreen Party of Vancouver · pages 16 · published · checked
- Vancouver South Transfer Station, 377 West Kent Avenue North City of Vancouver · checked