Category: <span>Yard Waste</span>

All plastic, paper, and ceramic plant pots go in the garbage.

Donating and reusing plant pots is a fantastic choice.

Compost at home, or self-haul to your local leaf and yard waste site, there may be a fee.

You may also contact a local bulk or containerized waste removal company found it the Yellow Pages under the heading rubbish removal. Mars Environmental is one of those companies that may service your area.

Yard waste should not be disposed of as garbage.

Shavings and scraps of clean wood can go to your local landfill.

For curbside pickup: wood scraps can be up to 4 inches in diameter and 3 feet in length.

Put pieces in cart or tie in bundles weighing no more than 45 lbs.
Shavings or scraps of painted or treated wood must go in the garbage.
Sawdust should be bagged or boxed and placed in the garbage.

Compost at home, or self-haul to your local landfill (there is a fee.) Consider grass-cycling by mulching the grass as you cut in leaving it on site saving you in water use and fertilizer.

For two weeks after Christmas, trees can be delivered to a local collection depot- no tinsel, ornaments, or decorations!

The tree must be less than 4 inches in diameter, and trimmed to 6 feet tall and 4 feet across.

Clean trees can also be taken to your local landfill.

If tree is decorated, it must be disposed of as garbage.

Self-haul to your local leaf and yard waste site or the landfill. You can chip these to use them for mulch or in your backyard compost.

For curbside pickup: wood scraps, branches and twigs can be up to 4 inches in diameter and 3 feet in length in bundles weighing no more than 45 lbs.

For disposal at your local landfill, wood pieces must not exceed 8 feet in length and 8 inches in diameter. Yard waste should not be disposed of as garbage.

Small amounts of gravel can go in your garbage can – be sure not to exceed weight limits. Use in your landscape or give to neighbors – stacks of rocks provide homes for beneficial insects.

Otherwise, dispose of as garbage at your local landfill.

Give unwanted plants to your friends and neighbours, donate them for sale at a community plant sale or list them for “adoption” with Plant Amnesty.

Otherwise, they go in your composter or garbage.

Small amounts of soil can go in your garbage can – be sure not to exceed weight limits. Some businesses accept clean dirt and soil for reuse.

Otherwise, dispose of as garbage at your local landfill. For a lower fee, residents may dispose of mixed construction waste at the Try Recycling facility near London.