Yard Waste Drop-Off Starts Today

REMINDER: Yard waste drop-off starts today, Monday, September 11!

Our yard waste program has now shifted to its new schedule. If you have a small amount of yard waste, please put it in your green organics cart along with food scraps and soiled paper products. This will be picked up as usual on your regular pickup day. (Reminder: we still have 240L carts available for $45—along with trading in your 120L organics cart—for those looking to upgrade. Contact us for info.)

Those with additional yard waste can bring it down to our new drop-off location. Here’s what you need to know:

• Yard waste can be dropped off on Mondays ONLY at the Public Works yard (5003 Graham Ave) from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm until mid-November. Please, no drop-offs at other times. It is unsafe for the public to enter the yard when we’re not expecting it and workers operating vehicles and heavy machinery may not see you.
• Please bag your yard waste in brown compostable/biodegradable bags for drop-off. There is no bag limit.
• Accepted items: leaves, lawn clippings, garden trimmings, flowers, weeds, small branches, and prunings less than 12 mm (1/2 inch) in diameter and 1 m (3 feet) long.
• Not acceptable: food scraps, food-soiled paper products, building materials, or any household refuse—yard trimmings only.
• Please check in with the attendant at the front gate before entering the Public Works yard and obey all signage onsite directing traffic safely through, including the posted speed limit of 10 km/hr.
• An additional drop-off day will be available later this fall after Halloween (possibly on a Saturday).

Can’t make it on Mondays? The Thornhill Transfer Station (3016 Old Lakelse Lake Rd) accepts yard waste on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays: May 1–Oct 31 it’s from noon to 7 pm, and from Nov 1–April 30 it’s from noon to 5 pm.

Learn more

• Explore other posts on this blog
• Visit our main refuse page
• Call 250-615-4019
• Email recycle@terrace.ca
• Ask a question below!