Organics Composting Facility

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) is entering the next phase of public engagement on the construction of a composting facility at 1313 Greyback Mountain Road, adjacent to the Campbell Mountain Landfill (CMLF).

The RDOS is seeking to rezone the property in order to permit the construction of a composting facility at the site.

Open House: Organics Composting Facility
The RDOS invited residents and other interested parties to attend an Organics Composting Facility open house event on October 4, 2023.

Attendees were invited to ask questions and provide feedback on the project.

Please click here to view the Open House Exit Survey results.

The City of Penticton has committed to replacing its existing wastewater solids composting operation at Campbell Mountain. The RDOS is partnering with the City for an opportunity to build a facility that can compost wastewater solids as well as food and yard waste organics.

Food waste and other organic materials account for approximately 40% of waste entering landfills in the Regional District by weight, and the RDOS Solid Waste Management Plan has identified composting as one of the best means to divert waste entering local Landfills.

The new operation would be designed to accommodate up to 35,000 tonnes of organic materials per year and would include odour controls and paving the site to contain leachate. The proposal to locate the composting operation east of the CMLF at a site currently located within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) was rejected by the ALC. As a result, the new facility will be limited to food, yard, and agricultural waste composting on the portions of the property that are not within the ALR or Phase 1. The RDOS intends to apply to the ALC for non-farm use on the remaining portions of the property in order to replace the City of Penticton’s existing biosolids composting facility. This will be a future phase of the project should the ALC permit the same, Phase 2.

Residents of the current Campbell Mountain Service Area (includes all or parts of Electoral Areas "B", "D", "E", "F", "G", and "I", the City of Penticton and the Village of Keremeos) were invited to provide feedback at the electronic public information meeting on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.

The RDOS hosted an electronic town hall on September 30, 2020. The meeting provided an opportunity to learn more about the organics composting facility and ask questions. You can watch the meeting on the RDOS YouTube Channel.

Please see the News Feed below for a list of questions and answers from the September 30, 2020, electronic town hall meeting.

Register to receive updates and participate in the discussion.

Proposed Organics Composting Site

Wastewater Solids Composting Operation