Weekly Collection Of Yard Waste Resumes In The City

Curbside green waste collection has resumed and continues until the last week of November in The City of Peterborough.

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All leaf and yard waste are accepted. There is no quantity limit, but individual bags or containers must not exceed 22 kg (50 lbs). Brush can be tied in bundles weighing not more than 22 kg (50 lbs), with a length of up to 1 m (3 ft) and a diameter of up to 30.5 cm (12 in).

Green waste should be put out after 6 p.m. the night before or no later than 7 a.m. the morning of your regular waste collection. 

Place in paper yard waste bags, bushel baskets or garbage bins with yellow "Green Waste" labels. Plastic bags are not accepted. 

Yellow "Green Waste" labels can be picked up at City Hall, 500 George St. N., Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except statutory holidays.

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