City of Peterborough Shifting Waste Collection Days For 8,200 Households Starting On Oct. 31
/The City of Peterborough is shifting waste collection days for roughly 8,200 households to improve worker safety by balancing collection routes within a growing community beginning on Oct. 31.
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The City is handing out notices to households and affected businesses that receive municipal curbside collection and could see their weekly waste collection day change on Oct. 31. Delivery of the notices started Thursday and is continuing for the next few weeks.
Residents can view the new Waste Collection Zone map to see if their day has changed.
Over decades of residential development, where some areas of the City have seen significant growth, and other areas have had limited growth, the routes for waste collection days have become unbalanced.
Routes for waste collection have become unbalanced due to varied growth in several parts of the City according to a press release. It is a concern for worker safety as well as the reliability of service delivery.
Oct. 31 the same day when the City introduces the new Green Bin service for household organic waste collection and requires clear bags for curbside garbage collection. Garbage collection will be every other week as a result. Recycling collection remains a weekly service by private contractor Emterra Environmental.
The weekly Green Bin service to collect household organic waste will remove a substantial amount of household waste from the residential garbage stream, up to 20 per cent, including most heavy and stinky bits of household waste as stated by the City.
Green Bins will be delivered beginning in September to eligible residential properties including residential properties with six units or less and specific condominiums selected as part of a pilot for Phase 1 of the Green Bin service rollout.
Residents are encouraged to look inside their Green Bin when it is delivered to find program materials, including:
The 2023-2024 waste management calendar and guide with collection schedules and important waste management service information;
A what’s-in-what’s-out list of items that shows what can and what cannot be put into the Green Bin for collection;
Samples of GLAD Compostable bags/container liners (small size) that can be used in the Kitchen Catcher sized Green Bins.
An info sheet on the new requirement to use clear bags for curbside garbage collection along with a free clear garbage bag sample and $2 rebate coupon provided by GLAD; and
Details on how to recycle batteries with a collection cube provided by Call2Recycle.
