For us garbage day is on a Thursday; unless there has been a holiday and then it's a day later in the week.
One week we have garbage, recycling and green bin pick up. The next week we have yard waste (though see what I write about that further down the post), recycling and green/organic bin pick up.
This week it was the yard waste, recycling and green bin pick up.
In the blue bin we can place:
Acceptable items for blue containers box:
- Empty aerosol cans.
Remove the lid and dispensing nozzle (if possible) from the empty can before placing in your Blue Box. Aerosol cans that are not empty must be taken to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot. - Empty, dry paint cans.
Remove the lid to allow the remaining paint to dry & place both can and lid in your Blue Box. Can sizes are limited to 4 litres & under. Paint cans that are not empty must be taken to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot. - Plastic retail and grocery bags.
Bags must be clean & empty. Remove any receipts or materials from the bags, put all bags inside one plastic retail or grocery bag or a clear plastic bag, and tie shut before placing in your Blue Box. Please do not use dark garbage bags as the collectors cannot identify if the bag contains recycling or garbage.
Tip:Do the stretch test! If the plastic stretches when you pull on it, it's acceptable in the Blue Box (exemption: plastic – clingy / film / Saran – wrap is not accepted). - Aluminum trays, pie plates and clean aluminum foil
- Tetra Pak boxes Juice and milk cartons
- Plastic food and beverage containers, bottles, jugs, tubs, styrene trays and lids
- Glass food and beverage bottles and jars
No need to remove labels - Food and beverage cans
Push lids down inside, no need to remove labels - Spiral cardboard cans
The plastic strip around frozen juice cans is not acceptable but please include the metal portions - Bulk packing styrofoam providing it fits into a standard size blue box
No styrofoam peanuts
In the grey bin we can place:
Acceptable items for grey (paper) box:
- Telephone books and magazines
- All household paper including newspapers, photocopy paper, hardcover books (without the cover) envelopes, gift wrap, cards and paper bags (without foil or plastic coating)
- Boxboard and egg cartons
Remove all plastic wrap and food liner bags, flatten box, place inside another box - Cardboard
Flattened and bundled no larger than 75cmx75cmx20cm. Place in or beside recycling box, limit of five bundles per week for each business establishment, no limit for residents
In the green/organic bin we can place:
Acceptable items in the green bin:
- All food scraps and leftovers
- Meat, bones, rice and dairy products
- Vegetables and fruits
- Pastas, breads
- Cooking oils and grease
- Coffee grounds and filters, tea bags
- Microwave popcorn bags
- Dryer lint, dust
- Hair, pet hair
- House plants
- Soiled newspaper, paper towels*
- Paper plates, napkins, tissues*
- Paper egg cartons
- Fast food drink trays
- Paper cups
- Popsicle sticks, toothpicks
- Wood wine corks
- Wood ashes (cold)
- Dried flowers
- Pumpkins, garden fruit & vegetable waste
- Eggs and eggshells
- Muffin paper cups
We are allowed 2 garbage bags/bins every two weeks. We are lucky if we fill one bag/bin.
The yard waste has to be put into yard waste bags. As you can see mine are from Home Depot. Now just to confuse everyone depending on the month we have a variety of times when yard waste is collected:
| Weekly Collection | January, April, May, June, September, October, & November |
| Every Other Week Collection | July, August, & December |
| No Collection | February & March |
All the info came from our local city website.
