Cleaner Greener Residential Curbside Collection

Beginning January 2012, new changes to collection programs will take effect, changes include the following:

Cleaner greener carts will be picked up weekly with garbage and recycling alternating.  Please view the Single-Stream Recycling brochure or the 2012 Curbside Collection Schedule for more information. 

 

It is recommended that you layer food scraps with yard trimmings whenever possible. The Cleaner, Greener yard and food scraps cart expands the range of items for composting, resulting in even less waste going to the landfill!

DO NOT USE PLASTIC OR PLASTIC-LIKE BIODEGRADABLE BAGS. 

If you have additional green material above what fits into your cleaner greener cart (for example, extra leaves during the Fall season) please utilize kraft paper bags and place 1 m away from carts on collection day.  Our drivers will reload the cart to dump the extra kraft bags.  No tags required for green material; please do not exceed 50lbs. in weight per kraft paper bag.

 

 

 

Acceptable Items:

• Food scraps - cooked and uncooked food, meat, dairy, bones, egg shells, coffee grounds & filters, etc.
• Yard trimmings and branches not exceeding 12" in diameter - if larger than 12" in diameter, please take to the Recycling Depot*
• Food-soiled paper/napkins, paper plates and pizza boxes - clean paper products are to be recycled in your truer bluer recycling cart

Lining your cart with kraft paper bags or newpaper is optional.

*Yard trimmings can also be recycled by utilizing the Recycling Depot or by backyard composting; however, the Recycling Depot does not accept food scraps.

If you have additional yard trimmings exceeding your greens cart, please use kraft paper bags (no tags required) and place 1 m away from the carts. Please ensure that each kraft paper bag does not exceed 50 lbs. 

 

 
 Please DO NOT include:

• Oil, fats, butter
• Pet waste or pet hair
• Facial tissue
• Rocks, dirt, soil or sod
• Food containers (except food-soiled pizza boxes or paper plates)
• Styrofoam, foil, waxed or parchment paper
• Plastic bags (including biodegradable plastic)

 

TIP: Kitchen catchers or a plastic container with a lid are handy to temporarily store your food scraps in before emptying into the Cleaner, Greener cart. Lining with newspaper or brown paper bags may halp make cleaning up easier. Brown bags in kitchen catcher sizes are now available for purchase at local retailers.

 

Current City Bylaws prohibit outdoor burning at any time.

 

Freezing Temperatures: During the colder months, food scraps may freeze to the bottom of your cart. As such, you may wish to line the bottom of your cart with newspaper and layer yard trimmings with food scraps or newspaper.

 

Cleaner, Greener collection will be collected weekly, all year round. Please refer to the Collection Schedule for more details.

 

For more information or comments, please call Engineering Operations at 604-526-4691 or e-mail