Where to toss pumpkins, cornstalks, candy wrappers and more
Spooky season is over, which means you may be looking to throw away jack-o-lanterns and other seasonal decorations, such as cornstalks and straw. Take a minute to refresh your memory of what goes where!
Candy wrappers
Ensure all candy wrappers are placed in the garbage. None are recyclable in Vaughan.
Pumpkins, cornstalks and straw
Pumpkins, cornstalks and straw should be placed in with leaf and yard waste. The City of Vaughan collects leaf and yard waste weekly until the week of Dec. 5!
Leaf and yard waste
Leaf and yard waste must be placed in Kraft paper bags or open-top rigid containers with handles, up to 121 litres (32 gallons) in size, and clearly marked “Leaf and Yard Waste.” Plastic bags are not permitted. Kraft paper bags must be kept dry – wet or damaged bags cannot be picked up as they will break during collection.
Here are other items that are accepted in leaf and yard waste collection:
- plant material (no soil) and leaves
- branches, twigs and cuttings that are tied in secure bundles and less than 1.5 metres (five feet) in length and 0.6 metres (two feet) in diameter, weighing less than 20.5 kilograms (45 pounds)
- individual branches that are less than 10 centimetres (four inches) in diameter, bundled securely
- pumpkins, straw and cornstalks
Here are items that are not accepted:
- stumps and root balls
- any leaf and yard waste material contaminated with household waste or non-leaf and yard waste, such as green bin organics
- sod, soil, rocks or stones
Visit the City’s leaf and yard waste webpage to learn more.
What goes where?
Do you have other items to dispose of, but you don’t know where? Check by using the City’s online ‘What Goes Where?’ sorting tool. You can also download the Recycle Coach app through the Apple App Store or Google Play to check where waste items belong. The app provides waste-less tips and a personalized collection schedule with optional alerts on what to put to the curb each week.
For more information on waste services in Vaughan, visit vaughan.ca/waste.
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