Spring is here, and that means curbside yard waste collection is about to begin. <\/p>\n
We will start collecting yard waste from homes starting the week of May 4 for homes in Area A, and the week of May 11 for homes in Area B. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe know people are eager to get outside and clean up after winter,\u201d says Michael Gordichuk, Manager of Solid Waste. \u201cOur yard waste program makes it easy for residents to keep their yards tidy while helping keep reusable material out of the landfill.\u201d<\/p>\n
What to put out<\/p>\n
Yard waste should be put out at your collection point before 7 a.m. on your collection day in one of these containers:<\/p>\n
A re-useable container without a lidA cardboard boxA brown paper yard waste bag (available for sale at many local retailers)<\/p>\n
We will pick up organic yard waste material, such as:<\/p>\n
Grass clippingsLeavesPlantsPumpkins, without paint, candles or decorationsSmall tree branches that are bundled and cut to be no more than:10 cm or four inches in diameterOne metre in length50 pounds or 22 kilograms<\/p>\n
If you have larger branches or tree stumps you can take them, along with your yard waste, to a\u00a04R Winnipeg Depot<\/a>.<\/p>\n Please do not put yard tools\/equipment, toys, or plant pots in your yard waste.<\/p>\n Find your collection day<\/p>\n Yard waste is picked up every two weeks, on the same day as your recycling and garbage.<\/p>\n You can find out when your yard waste collection day is by using the find your collection day search<\/a> on our website or by contacting 311<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spring is here, and that means curbside yard waste collection is about to begin. We will start collecting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-640747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640747","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=640747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}