WINNIPEG — For Winnipeggers hoping to get a head start on their outdoor spring cleaning, the city is almost ready to pick up your yard waste.
Curbside yard waste pickup starts April 18 for Area A and April 25 for the rest of the city. Residents can find their yard waste area on the City of Winnipeg website or by downloading the city’s My Waste app. The My Waste app also has information on recycling and garbage pickup days.
Yard waste will be collected every two weeks, on the same day as your recycling and garbage, and continues until November.
Residents can also drop off yard waste for free at the new Brady 4R Winnipeg Depot, at 1901 Brady Rd.
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Yard waste can be put in:
- Any reusable container without a lid (plastic tubs, old blue boxes, old metal or plastic garbage containers). Containers should not be broken or damaged.
- Cardboard boxes.
- Paper yard waste bags.
Yard waste in plastic bags will not be accepted because the bags do not decompose and will ruin the finished compost.
Yard waste includes unlimited amounts of outside organic materials, such as grass clippings, leaves, plants, flowers, bush/shrub clippings, and small tied bundles of branches no longer than one metre or heavier than 22 kilograms.
Logs, stumps, rocks, dirt, sod and litter should not be included because they slow down composting and can damage equipment.
Citizens are urged not to rake any yard waste material or debris onto the street as this can plug the street drains and cause ponding problems as well as increase the risk of basement flooding.
Last year, more than 26,000 tonnes of yard waste was collected through the curbside yard waste collection program and composted at the Brady Road Resource Management Facility.
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