Please note: Yard waste collection is for Urban Areas Only.

March 18 - December 13, 2013, yard waste is collected once every other week, on the same day as your garbage.  Find out your collection day.

Information about Bulk Brush Call-in (Oakville only).

Keep up your neighbourhood’s appearance and be respectful of your neighbours - on your scheduled yard waste collection day, place items at the curb by 7 a.m. and no sooner than 5 p.m. the evening before. Please refrain from putting yard waste at the curb more than one day prior to your scheduled collection day.

Acceptable Yard Waste Materials

• Leaves
• Sticks & twigs
• Tree trimmings
• Decorative cornstalks
• Fallen fruit from trees
• Yard and garden trimmings
• Pumpkins

Not Accepted

• Tree stumps
• Sod, soil, and rocks
• Clay
• Plastic shopping or garbage bags
• Plastic flower/plant pots
• Flower/plant markers and tags
• Giant hogweed - Find out more about giant hogweed and its safe disposal by visiting the giant hogweed web page.
• Grass clippings
  • Halton Hills, Milton or Oakville: no grass clippings accepted. Please grasscycle by leaving grass clippings on your lawn.
  • Burlington: grass clippings will not be collected with yard waste from June to October.

Yard Waste Collection Information

Yard waste labels are available at no charge. Order yard waste labels online or call Halton Region by dialing 311.  Yard waste labels must be placed on your reusable container to receive collection.

Only use paper yard waste bags or open, reusable, rigid containers labelled yard waste. If using a reusable, rigid container, you can drill holes in the bottom of the yard waste container for drainage. Please do not place a yard waste label on a Blue Box, and please do not use a Blue Box for yard waste collection.

Containers may have a capacity up to 125 L (27 imperial gallons) and weigh no more than 23 kg (50 lbs). 

Yard waste in cardboard boxes, Blue Boxes, GreenCarts, plastic bags, compostable bags or biodegradable bags will not be collected.

Brush must be tied in bundles no larger than 1.2 m x 0.6 m (4 ft x 2 ft) wide, with branches a maximum of 7.5 cm (3 inches in diameter).

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