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Automated Garbage Collection Program Begins October 1, 2011

On June 13, 2011, Council adopted the new Regulation, Collection and Disposal of Garbage Bylaw No. 605. The purpose of the Bylaw is to initiate a new automated waste collection service within the Village that will make waste collection easier, cleaner, greener and more cost efficient. The new automated system will use wheeled carts (as shown here) designed to be emptied using a mechanical arm on the garbage truck. There are three sizes of carts available; a standard sized (135 litre) cart holds the equivalent of two regular sized garbage bags. Carts can be purchased and picked up at the Village Office from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm September 12-17, 2011 (Monday to Saturday). The amount you pay on your annual taxes for garbage pick up will now vary depending on the size of cart you use.

The costs to purchase a cart and pick up fees for the year are as follows:

      Size of Cart                   Price of Cart         Annual Pick up Fees

***Samples of the 135 and 240 litre carts can be seen at the Village Office***

If there are times when you have more garbage than will fit in the cart, extra, specially marked, garbage bags can be purchased from the Village Office at a cost of $2.00 each. 

Using your Carts

• Carts must be placed at the curb at the end of your driveway.
• All garbage must fit in the carts, so the lid can be closed. No extra materials (other than the extra garbage bags purchased from the Village) will be picked up. The carts are for regular household garbage only. No liquids, hot ashes, construction waste, motor oil, paint, chemicals, batteries, pesticides, or yard/garden waste can be put into the carts. We urge you to recycle as much as you can.
• You do not have to use garbage bags inside the carts.
• Garbage pick-up days will remain the same.

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