Accepted Material:
Food scraps:
- All food scraps (including meat, grains and dairy)
- Prepared food (leftovers)
- Shells (egg shells, seafood shells)
- Bones
- Coffee and paper tea bags
- Small amounts of fat, oil, and grease
Compostable food-soiled paper products that are not recyclable. Examples include:
- Food-soiled paper napkins and paper towels (NO toilet paper or tissues please)
- Food-soiled newsprint (used to line a kitchen catcher)
- Paper bags designed for food scraps
- Paper towel
- Coffee grounds and filters
- Paper tea bags (rip tea bag to see if paper, plastic tea bags can be emptied and placed in garbage)
- Paper plates
- Wooden chopsticks, skewers, popsicle sticks
Yard Waste:
- Grass clippings
- Leaves
- Garden plants and plant trimmings (eg. corn and tomato stocks)
- Branches and prunings
- Pine needles and cones
- Yard & Garden Waste material up to a maximum diameter of 5 cm (2 inches) and 1 metre (3 feet) in length.
What happens if I don't follow the Guidelines?
Failure to adhere to curbside collection details will result in carts being stickered by our waste hauler and not being collected. To ensure curbside materials are collected, please follow guidelines above. If you believe collection has been missed for another reason, click here to learn more.
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