Giveaway Weekends

This year’s Giveaway Weekends are:

  • May 10-11, 2025
  • September 13-14, 2025

Giveaway Weekends are a great way to reduce waste, and keep items out of the landfill, by giving reusable, unwanted items a new home.

What to do

  • Place unwanted, reusable household items at the curb on your front street
  • Label each item with a 'free' sticker or sign.
  • Keep any items safely stored away that you don't want to give away
  • Remove leftover items from the curb by dusk on Sunday

What to give

  • Books, CDs, DVDs
  • Furniture, electronics, artwork, mirrors
  • Sports equipment, toys
  • Yard and gardening tools and equipment (e.g., lawn mowers, snow throwers, rakes, shovels)
  • Small appliances, kitchen gadgets, dishes, cutlery, pots and pans
  • Construction material (e.g., nails, paint, wood)
  • Clothing

What not to give

  • Items harbouring bed bugs (e.g., mattresses, furniture, bedding)
  • Toilets (with a flush volume of 13 litres or more)
  • Visit the Consumer Product Safety Bureau to find out about items that aren't safe to give away (e.g., baby walkers, lawn darts)

Giveaway pick up rules and tips

  • Take only the items at the curb marked "FREE"
  • Check all items closely for bed bugs before you put them in your vehicle or bring them into your home
  • Respect other people's property – don't walk or drive on people's lawns or gardens
  • Giveaway items should still be in good condition
  • Don't discard any items on another person's lawn
  • Obey the traffic laws at all times (e.g., don't block traffic, park illegally or block people's driveways with your vehicle)
  • Watch out for children

What to do with leftover items

  • Use the Recyclepedia to learn where leftover items could go
  • Bring accepted items to a 4R Winnipeg Depot
  • Consider donating unwanted items to:
  • Offer them to members of local community gifting groups
    • You can find many of these groups on Facebook by searching for ‘Buy Nothing’ and choosing your local area’s group
  • Large items (e.g., furniture, mattresses) left at the curb will not be picked up with regular garbage collection. These items are eligible for our large item pick up service.
  • Please take accepted items such as metal and untreated wood to any 4R Winnipeg Depot. Take not accepted items to the Brady 4R Winnipeg Depot, which is the only depot that accepts garbage.
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