Saskatoon Garbage

• Weekly residential garbage collection to begin next month in Saskatoon

  The City of Saskatoon announced bi-weekly garbage pickups would continue into spring instead of weekly, but the decision was made without discretion from city council.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2020
  
• Permanent bi-weekly garbage pickup in Saskatoon axed — for now

  A Saskatoon city committee has rejected a proposal to move to permanent bi-weekly garbage collection until it has an idea what a city-wide organics collection program will look like.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2019
  
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• Garbage piling up at Riversdale home frustrating neighbours

  A Saskatoon woman is fed up with the amount of garbage and debris cluttering her neighbour's yard.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2019
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• Saskatoon city council pushes back organics collection to 2023

  Saskatoon city councillors voted on a plan to increase property taxes by one per cent every year leading up to the organics program’s launch in 2023.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2019
• Saskatoon city council moving ahead with organics program

  City councillors are ready to look at funding options for the curbside organics program, as it moves ahead in Saskatoon.

  Canada

  Jan 28, 2019
• Councillor wants Saskatoon city council to revisit organics program

  Coun. Randy Donauer, who originally voted in favour of a city-wide organics collection program, wants Saskatoon city council to take a second look at it.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2019
• SWRC calls Saskatoon city council’s reversal on waste utility ‘disappointing’

  SWRC board member Sheri Praski said people are going to pay for garbage pickup in the end with a tax increase.

  Environment

  Dec 21, 2018
• Saskatoon city council throws out pay-as-you-throw garbage utility

  City councillors voted 6-5 to cancel the move towards a pay-as-you-throw garbage utility in Saskatoon.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2018
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• Coun. Darren Hill withdraws support for pay-as-you-throw garbage utility

  Coun. Darren Hill, who voted in favour of a pay-as-you-throw garbage utility in Saskatoon, said he is now withdrawing his support.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2018
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• Saskatoon’s garbage utility fees a ‘step in the right direction’: researcher

  Saskatoon’s pay-as-you-throw garbage model incentivizes waste diversion from the landfill, according to Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2018