Setting out your bins

Placing and removing your bins

For most households, garbage and recycling collection happens every other week:

• Garbage is picked up one week.
• Recycling is picked up the next week.
• Organics is picked up every week.

This video gives an overview of placing bins at the curb:

When

• Put your bins on the curb by 7 a.m. on your collection day.
• Remove your bins from the curb by 8 p.m. on your collection day. If your bins aren't collected by 8 p.m., report waste not picked up.

Where

• Place your bins as close to the road as possible without blocking the road or sidewalk.
• Place your bins away from parked vehicles and trees or other overhead obstructions.
• Make sure the collection trucks can reach your bins.

How

• Close the bin lid completely.
• Place your bins an arm's length apart from one another.
• Face the front of the bins toward the street and the handles towards your house.
• Lock your organics bin lid. (The lock must be in the vertical position for collection.)