{"id":550312,"date":"2026-03-21T02:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T02:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/550312\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T02:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T02:43:07","slug":"garbage-recycling-and-organics-collection-to-resume-march-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/550312\/","title":{"rendered":"Garbage, recycling and organics collection to resume March 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suspended since the overnight winter storm hit on March 15, curbside garbage, green cart organics and blue box recycling pickup will resume March 30<\/p>\n<p>Curbside garbage, recycling and organics pickup will resume on March 30.<\/p>\n<p>Pickup has been suspended since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudbury.com\/local-news\/digging-out-photos-of-the-winter-storms-aftermath-12010801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">overnight winter storm<\/a> hit on March 15, and the city has decided to hold off on resuming service \u201cto support safe and efficient road clearing and widening operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Per this week\u2019s city media statements, curbside materials can impede the movement of the equipment deployed to clear city streets.<\/p>\n<p>For the same reason, the city also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudbury.com\/local-news\/city-issues-parking-ban-for-municipal-roads-12037536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">issued a parking ban<\/a>, which will remain in place until the Significant Weather Event declaration is lifted. On Friday afternoon, city spokespeople declined to offer a timeline as to when this might take place.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the resumption of roadside pickup, temporary increased limits will be in place for both residential and non-residential properties.<\/p>\n<p>Garbage Collection &#8211; Weeks of March 30 and April 6:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tResidential properties: up to four bags\/containers\/bundles.&#13;<br \/>\n\tRegistered yellow bag participants: up to 12 bags.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Green Cart and Blue Box \u2013 Week of March 30<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tOrganic waste exceeding green cart capacity may be placed in certified compostable bags and set on top of or beside your green cart in a cardboard box or similar small container without a lid (do not place directly on the ground).&#13;<br \/>\n\tExtra recyclables may be placed next to your blue box in a cardboard box or other lidless box no larger than a blue box.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Yellow Box Recycling Carts \u2013 Weeks of March 30 and April 6<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tRecyclables that do not fit in your cart may be placed next to your cart in a cardboard box or other lidless box no larger than a blue box.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Services Not Yet Resumed<\/p>\n<p>The following waste services remain unavailable until further notice:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tLandfill Sites&#13;<br \/>\n\tRecycling Centre&#13;<br \/>\n\tLeaf &amp; yard trimming collection&#13;<br \/>\n\tFurniture, appliance, and electronic collection and pick-up requests&#13;<br \/>\n\tRequests for new or additional green carts&#13;<br \/>\n\tToxic Taxi appointments and collection&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suspended since the overnight winter storm hit on March 15, curbside garbage, green cart organics and blue box&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66,213882],"class_list":{"0":"post-550312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-sudbury-snowstormsudbury-snowstorm-2026winter-storm-sudbury-march-16-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}