Make your waste accessible

With more snow in the forecast tonight, the City of Vaughan will continue to collect your waste as efficiently as possible this week despite the weather. But your help is needed! Proper waste set-out makes a huge difference in ensuring collection runs quickly, smoothly and safely.

Waste bins or bags buried in snow, frozen to the ground, on top of or behind snowbanks will not be collected. Crews cannot return for materials that are not accessible for collection. 

Here are quick tips to help with waste collection in the winter: 

• Clear a space in the snow at the curb for your waste bins and bags.
• Place waste approximately one metre from the curb on the right-hand side of the driveway (when facing the home) where possible. Doing this will reduce the risk of bins and bags getting covered in snow during the City’s snow-clearing process.
• Place waste out in the morning and no later than 7 a.m. on your regularly scheduled collection day. Waste collectors will not return for materials set out late.
• Do not place items on top of or behind a snowbank.
• Keep waste bins and bags off the road.

Frozen waste materials

Did some of your items not get collected? In cold temperatures, some waste materials may freeze inside your bins and adhere directly to the interior. If the waste collectors can’t remove the items when tipping the bin, they will remain inside. Keep any materials left in the bin until your next collection day. Crews cannot return for bins that were not fully emptied due to freezing. To help prevent your materials from freezing, place your waste curbside in the morning by 7 a.m. instead of leaving it outside overnight.

Visit vaughan.ca/waste to learn more about the City’s waste services.

For information on the City’s winter operations, visit vaughan.ca/snow.

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