Set-out requirements

• Garbage is collected once per week, on Tuesday or Friday and must be set out no later than 7 a.m. on collection day.
• Only front-end wheeled bins (three to eight cubic yard capacity) in good condition, can be used to collect garbage. 

Garbage responsibilities for residents

• Place all waste materials that do not belong in the recycling or organics into a plastic bag. Acceptable bags include kitchen garbage bags or plastic grocery bags.
• Bag and tie all garbage. When the bag is full, tie the bag closed and transfer it to the waste room garbage bin or down the chute.

Single-use items

• Masks, wipes and gloves
• Coffee cups, coffee pods, take-out drinking cups
• All Styrofoam including Styrofoam peanuts, containers, cups and meat trays
• Black plastic take-out containers
• Baby food pouches and juice pouches
• Plastic bags, sandwich bags and plastic wrap
• Food wrappers and snack bags such as potato chip bags
• Disposable cutlery and straws, including plastic, compostable or wooden cutlery, stir sticks and chopsticks

 Other common household items

• Toys and sports equipment
• Bubble envelopes and bubble wrap
• Wooden fruit boxes
• Craft supplies
• Furnace filters
• Smoke or carbon monoxide detectors
• Plastic squeeze tubes such as toothpaste, sunscreen and make-up products