Hello Ward 8 Neighbours,
The 2023/24 Recycling and Waste Calendar will be arriving soon in your mailboxes, with colourful tags this year.
For more details, please continue reading below…
Waste Management staff have finalized 2023/2024 Recycling and Waste Calendar along with the introduction of 12 pink trash tags. Mail out will begin on March 10 over a two week period.
The calendar is similar to last year’s in that it is a multi-page, informative calendar.
A reminder to residents are that the blue trash tags expire March 31, 2023. Residents can begin using their pink trash tags on the week of April 3, 2023.
A few items highlighted in the calendar include:
- Seasonal weekly yard waste collection resumed Monday March 6, 2023 and continues until Friday December 8, 2023. Weekly collection will resume again Monday March 4, 2024. Residential yard waste can be taken for free to a Community Recycling Centre all year round;
- Residents are encouraged to download the Recycle Coach Waste App and to follow the City’s programs on social media;
- An updated “What Goes Where?” sorting poster, tips to reduce single use plastics and reporting illegal dumping;
- Waste Collection Safety tips and proper disposal of hazardous waste; and
- Provincial blue box program information in advance of the April 2025 transition.
Questions or concerns?
If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact our office here.