Garbage collection information!
Waste collection until March 3, 2017: weekly garbage, green bin,
blue box and bulky items and appliances.
Not sure where it goes?
Ask the Waste Whiz online at
www.regionofwaterloo.ca/wastewhiz
or
Download the free app!
March 6, 2017 CHANGES to collection days:
• Garbage: collected every second week, maximum 4 untagged bags/cans
• Green bin and blue box: collected weekly, no limit
• Bulky items and appliances: collected every second week,
maximum 3 items
• Small apartment building (3 - 6 units) collection:
• Garbage: every second week, maximum 10 untagged bags/cans
• Green bin and blue box: weekly, no limit
• Bulky items and appliances: every second week, maximum 10 items
Blue box
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Plastic bottles, tubs and jars
with recycle symbols 1 - 7
No Styrofoam
Plastic take-out clamshell
packaging and trays
Cartons and juice boxes
Metal cans, aerosol cans,
pop cans
Newspaper, books,
Boxboard (cereal, crackers)
Pizza boxes
Plastic bags (retail store,
bread, milk)
Maximum weight
23 kg (50 pounds)
each box
Paper
Green bin
Garbage
All food:
• Bread, pasta, cereal
• Meat, bones
• Vegetables and fruits
• Eggs, eggshells
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Other:
• Paper plates, napkins,
paper towels
• Paper fast food wrappers
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Maximum weight
23 kg (50 pounds)
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Styrofoam: meat packaging
and take-out cups, etc.
Hangers
Binders
Gum, candy wrappers,
snack and chip bags
Cigarette butts
Drinking straws
Maximum weight
23 kg (50 pounds) each
bag or can
Containers
www.regionofwaterloo.ca/waste 519-575-4400 TTY 519-575-4608
GeneralWasteCollectionInformationandTerms
CollectableWaste:ONLYwastegeneratedfromtheresidentialpremise.
CollectionTime:Timesvaryforcollectionasdifferentmaterialsarecollectedbydifferenttrucks.Allmaterial
mustbeoutby7a.m.oncollectiondaytoensurepickup. Non-CollectableWaste:notpreparedproperlyorbannedfromlandfill.
Properlyprepared:
• Notoverweight.Maximumweightof23kg(50pounds).
• Clearlyvisible, notbehindparkedcarsorotherobstacles.
• Easilyaccessible, withinreachfromthestreet,andatgroundlevel(notonorbehindasnowbank).
• Notinacardboardbox.Cardboardisrecyclableandbannedfromlandfill;itshouldnotbeusedasa
containeranditwillnotbepickedup.
• Bagsnotrippedortorn.Unsecuredortornbagswillnotbepickedup.
Allwastemustbeinacontainer:
Looseitemsatthecurbarelitter, notgarbage,andwillnotbepickedup.Acontaineriseither:
• Agarbagecan:reusable, rigid, twohandled,lessthan121L(32g)capacity,withawater-tight
unattachedlid;OR
• Agarbagebag, securelytiedshutandcapableofholdingcontentswhilebeingcollected. Bannedfromlandfillandcannotbecollected:
• Itemsbannedfromlandfillwillnotbepickedup.Theseincludeelectronics, computers,TVs,tires,
medicalwaste(sharps)andhouseholdhazardouswastesuchasbatteriesandpaint.
• Findfreedrop-offlocationsforrecyclinge-wasteat:www.recycleyourelectronics.ca.
BlueBoxandGreenBin:collectedweeklyongarbageday.
• Greenbinscanbepickedup(freetoresidents)at201SavageDrive, Cambridgeor925ErbStreetWest
(Gate1),Waterloo.Greenbinlineroptions:none, paper, orcertifiedcompostable bags.
• BlueboxesarenotavailablethroughtheRegionandcanbepurchasedatmanylocalretailers.
TIP:Goodsortingisimportantforrecycling.Pleaseusetwoblueboxes:oneforcontainers(bottles,
cartons,cans),andasecondoneforpaperproductsandplasticbags.
• Maximumweightofeachgreenbinorblueboxis23kg/50pounds.
Cardboard:Flattenandtiewithstringintobundlesnotexceeding75cm(30inches)by75cm(30inches)by
20cm(8inches).Collectedwithrecyclables,placenexttothebluebox.
Wheretofindmoreinformation:
Website:www.regionofwaterloo.ca/waste
my-wasteapp(free)
Whatgoeswhere,
collectiondayreminders
@WasteWR
RegionofWaterloo
WasteManagement
(519)575-4400
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