Winnipeg, MB - The seasonal yard waste collection program begins over the next two weeks for residential properties and small businesses with City cart collection service:
- yard waste collection “Area A” begins Monday, April 6, 2015
- yard waste collection “Area B” begins Monday, April 13, 2015
Residents can find out if their collection day is “Area A” or “Area B” by:
- downloading the free My Waste app at winnipeg.ca/mywaste
- visiting City of Winnipeg - Recycling, Garbage and Yard Waste Collection Days for a printable calendar
- phoning 311
Yard waste is collected at the curb once every two weeks, on the same collection day as recycling and garbage. The program continues until November, depending on the weather.
Residents can put their yard waste in:
- any reusable container without a lid (e.g., plastic tubs, old blue boxes, old metal or plastic garbage containers) - containers should not be broken or damaged
- cardboard boxes
- paper yard waste bags (available at many stores)
Plastic bags are not accepted in the program because they do not break down and will ruin the finished compost.
Residents are reminded to place their yard waste containers to the side of their recycling and garbage carts, and to leave at least an arm’s length clearance between their yard waste containers and their recycling and garbage carts.
Yard waste includes unlimited amounts of outside organic materials, such as grass clippings, leaves, plants, flowers, bush/shrub clippings, and small tied bundles of branches no longer than one metre or heavier than 22 kilograms. Some of the materials not accepted in the curbside yard waste collection program include logs, stumps, rocks, dirt, sod, and litter. These items slow down the composting process and can damage the composting equipment.
Citizens are urged not to rake any yard waste material or debris onto the street as this can plug the street drains and cause ponding problems as well as increase the risk of basement flooding.
More information on the curbside yard waste collection program is at City of Winnipeg - Yard waste collection.
In 2014, more than 22,000 tonnes of yard waste was collected from the curbside yard waste collection program and composted at the Brady Road Resource Management Facility.
The yard waste collection program will help reach our community’s goal of keeping more than half of our garbage out of the landfill, and helps protect our environment by:
- reusing valuable organic material, and
- significantly reducing harmful leachate and greenhouse gases.