WINNIPEG, MB - The City of Winnipeg is reminding residents who normally have collection on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, to please put recycling and garbage carts out one day later for the next two weeks.
Recycling and garbage cart collection on Monday, December 24 and Monday, December 31, will not change.
Recycling and garbage collectors will not be working on Tuesday, December 25 and Tuesday, January 1. This will set collection back one day.
The adjusted collection schedule for this period is as follows:
Single-family homes and multi-family apartments
Christmas Week
| Regular collection day | Adjusted collection day |
| Monday, December 24 | no change |
| Tuesday, December 25 | no collection, moves to Wednesday, December 26 |
| Wednesday, December 26 | moves to Thursday, December 27 |
| Thursday, December 27 | moves to Friday, December 28 |
| Friday, December 28 | moves to Saturday, December 29 |
New Year’s Week
| Regular collection day | Adjusted collection day |
| Monday, December 31 | no change |
| Tuesday, January 1 | no collection, moves to Wednesday, January 2 |
| Wednesday, January 2 | moves to Thursday, January 3 |
| Thursday, January 3 | moves to Friday, January 4 |
| Friday, January 4 | moves to Saturday, January 5 |
| Monday, January 7 | regular collection schedule resumes |
For more information on your recycling and garbage collection day:
- Check the calendar provided with the new carts.
- Visit winnipeg.ca
- Download the My Waste app at winnipeg.ca/mywaste
- Contact 311, open 24 hours every day, by phone at 311 or by email at: 311@winnipeg.ca
For apartments with front loading collection bins
Collection will be either the day before or the day after the statutory holidays.
Brady Road Resource Management Facility (Brady Road Landfill)
The only changes to the regular hours of operation during the holidays are:
- Tuesday, December 25 - Closed
- Tuesday, January 1 - Closed
Let's Chip In Christmas tree recycling depots
Residents can recycle their real Christmas tree by dropping it off at any of the 11 Let's Chip In depots, open from Thursday, December 27 to Sunday, January 20. Please remove all tinsel, decorations, plastic bags, and tree stands. Free wood chips will be available at all Let's Chip In depots in early January (while quantities last). Please bring your own container.
Residents are reminded that trees placed beside recycling or garbage carts will not be collected.
To find a Let's Chip In depot near you, visit winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste/recycle/chip.stm or contact 311, open 24 hours every day, by phone at 311 or by email at 311@winnipeg.ca