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Winter Waste Set Out
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Help make winter waste collection safer for front line staff

Vaughan's goal is "target zero" with no masks, gloves, tissues and wipes entering the blue box. Masks, gloves and wipes must be securely bagged and placed in the garbage for collection. Tissues and paper towels should be bagged and placed in the green bin.

Blue boxes containing these items may be left behind byt the waste collectors. Please do your part and help protect our frontline workers! Waste collectors will be suing new stickers to communicate this issue with residents.

 
  

Set back from road

All recycling and waste set out must be at the curb, on or beside your driveway, on the designated collection day by 7 a.m. During heavy snowfalls, waste materials must be set back from the curb approximately three feet (one metre) on the right side of the driveway (when facing the house). This set out helps prevent waste materials from being knocked over or buried during snow clearing operations.

 

Snowbanks

Do not place materials on top of or behind snowbanks – it poses a hazard to collection staff and causes recycling or waste to spill onto the roadway. In these cases, waste materials placed on and/or behind snowbanks may not be picked up.

Example of a correct set out

Bins are placed neatly, in a horizontal line, across the driveway on the owner’s property and away from snowbanks and the curb. 
 
 
Correct winter waste collection video


Incorrect set out



 

 Contact Information

 

Environmental Services

Phone: 905-832-2281

Fax: 905-303-2005

Email: accessvaughan@vaughan.ca 

Location: 
Joint Operations Centre
2800 Rutherford Rd.

Vaughan, ON 
L4K 2N9
 
Hours of operation:
Monday to Friday - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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 Related Links

 
  • Backyard composting
  • Christmas Tree collection
  • Grasscycling
  • Set out and large items
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Waste collection schedule
  • Winter placement of materials
 

 Additional Resources

 
  • Waste Collection Bylaw 135-2017 (PDF)
  • What goes where guide (PDF)
  • York Region Garbage and Recycling

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