Back to back lanes for garbage and recycling collection

SASKATOON – After spending over six weeks on front curbs, garbage and recycling bins have been booted back home.

Starting Monday, regular garbage and recycling bin collection will be back in the back lanes and alleys for approximately 18,000 households.

Collection was temporarily moved to front streets first due to snow in the lanes and then thawing making the lanes impassable.

The switch is estimated to have saved the city $125,000 by avoiding truck damage, towing costs and staff downtime.

It was also estimated that $600,000 in damage would have been created to back lanes had the switch to front streets had not been made.