Spring yard waste depots open today
WINNIPEG - March 23, 2012 - Starting today, March 23, 2012, residents can recycle their yard waste by dropping it off at any of the Leaf It With Us depots, seven days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The yard waste will be composted into a reusable soil-like material and used to landscape finished landfill areas.
The depots accept only:
- bagged leaves, lawn thatch, grass clippings, plants, flowers and other garden material,
- tree clippings, small branches (no more than 10 centimetres or 4 inches in diameter and must be bundled and tied).
The depots do not accept sand, street sweepings or garbage of any kind, including animal waste.
The following depots are open until May 7, 2012
| Winnipeg Soccer Complex | 900 Waverley Street (northwest parking lot) |
| Kildonan Park | 2021 Main Street (Rainbow Stage parking lot) |
| Charleswood | 2325 Grant Avenue, west of Shaftesbury Blvd., next to Ambulance Station #32 |
| King's Park | King's Drive and Kilkenny Drive (parking lot) |
| St. Vital Park | 190 River Road (south parking lot) |
| Transcona | Ravelston Avenue at Chrislind Street) |
| Terry Sawchuk Arena | 901 Kimberly Avenue, (parking lot) |
| Kilcona Park | McIvor Avenue at Lagimodiere Boulevard (parking lot) |
The following depots are open until further notice
| Vimy Arena | 255 Hamilton Avenue (parking lot) |
| Fire Station No. 17 | 1501 Church Avenue at Sheppard Street |
| St. James Civic Centre | 2055 Ness Avenue (parking lot) |
Residents can take bagged or loose yard waste to Brady Road Landfill year round. Landfill disposal fees are not charged for loads solely of yard waste.
For more information, residents can:
- contact our 311 Centre, open 24 hours every day, by phone at 311 or by email at 311@winnipeg.ca
- call the 24-hour recorded yard waste information line at 986-8888, code 9813
- call the 24-hour recorded Brady Road information line at 986-8888, code 9814
- visit winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste