Urban area yard waste collection from May 1-5

With all the summer like weather in the air recently, odds are you’ve got a head start on your yard clean up Good news! The first Urban Area Yard Waste Collection for the year will take place the week of May 1-5.

Yard waste curbside collection is offered to residential properties within urban areas. Leaf and Yard Waste is also free for disposal at the Landfill and Transfer Station for residential users.

Set Out Requirements:

• Materials are to be set out by 7:00 am on your regular collection day

• Acceptable containers/bundles: Paper bags/open-top rigid containers (plastic bags are not allowed) or Bundled branches/limbs under 7.5 cm (3 in) in diameter, and bundles less than 2 feet in diameter and 4 feet in length

• Weight limit per bag/container/bundle is 20 kg (45 lbs) There is no bag/container limit

• Loose material will not be collected

• If you place your items out on the wrong collection week please remove them from the curb and place them out again on the next collection date

Acceptable Materials:

• Plant cuttings, roots, leaves and weeds (including crab grass – clumps of dirt and/or sod must be removed from weeds)

• Tree, hedge and shrub trimmings, brush cuttings, twigs and branches under 7 5 am (3 in) in diameter, and bundles less than 2 feet in diameter and 4 feet in length

• Halloween pumpkins

• Waste fruit from trees

Not Acceptable Materials: Grass clippings, Sod, Soil, Logs, Tree stumps, Rocks, concrete (pavers), asphalt, Kitchen waste (fruit & vegetables), Feces, pet waste

To learn more visit brant.ca/YardWaste