By Mark Squibb
Bay Bulls council is hoping the Multi-Materials Stewardship Board (MMSB) will pitch in to help cover the cost of buying a new woodchipper.
The Town is applying for cost shared funding through the MMSB Community Waste Diversion Fund 2026 to buy a woodchipper to help reduce organic waste.
The Town estimates the woodchipper could cost upwards of $10,000.
Councillor Jason O’Brien said organic waste is charged at a rate of $4.50 a tonne when it is dropped at the Robin Hood Bay Landfill. That waste could instead be mulched and reused as garden fertilizer.
Town Manager Ashley Wakeham said residents would leave their waste at a drop-off location and would not use the woodchipper themselves. She noted, for example, that folks could drop off their Christmas trees to be mulched.
Through the program, the MMSB will provide a maximum of $25,000 in funding for local waste diversion projects.
Some of the projects approved in the most recent round of funding included installation of surveillance cameras at common dumping areas in Placentia at a cost of $4,401, and a $15,000 recycling promotion blitz in Mount Pearl.
