Green Bin and Kitchen Container Bags & Liners
- Non-compostable plastics (e.g. plastic grocery bags) are NOT acceptable in the Green Bin.
- Plastic bags labeled as "biodegradable", "degradable" or "oxo-degradable" are also NOT acceptable in the Green Bin. These bags will not break down at the composting facility and will contribute to the contamination of the finished compost.
Line your kitchen container or green bin with certified compostable bags, paper-based products, newspaper, or simply place your scraps in loose.
Acceptable certified compostable bags will be identified by one of the two logos* below:
 Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) US Composting Council |
 Bureau de Normalisation du Quebec (BNQ) |
| *Paper bags do not require this logo | |
The following retailers within the Regional District of Nanaimo currently carry compostable bags:
- 49th Parallel Grocery (Cedar)
- Back to Nature (Qualicum)
- Canadian Tire
- Costco
- Country Grocer (Nanaimo)
- Dollarama
- Great Canadian Dollar Store
- Harvest Thyme Whole Foods (Gabriola Island)
- HBC Zellers
- Home Hardware
- Island Cleaning Supplies (Heritage Plaza, Parksville)
- Island Natural Markets (Nanaimo)
- Lantzville Market
- London Drugs
- Naked Naturals Whole Foods (Parksville)
- Quality Foods
- Real Canadian Superstore
- Rona
- Save On Foods
- Shoppers Drug Mart
- The Green Store (Nanaimo)
- The Home Depot
- The Soap Exchange (Nanaimo)
- Thrifty Foods
- Tomm's Food Village (Bowser)
- Village Food Market (Gabriola Island)
- Walmart
 Bag to Earth (paper bags) |
 BioBag |
 Bio*life |
 BioSak |
 Compliments Green Bin Liners |
 Compost-a-Bag |
 Ecosafe 6400 |
 Glad Compostable bags |
 Husky EcoGuard |
 Likewise |
 Natura Bin Liners |
 TuffGuy Compostable bags |
 Rona ECO |
 AL-PACK |
 Great Value |
 Bag-to-Nature |