Practical help with sorting waste and using local collection services. Follow the instructions for your own council and address.
How Canada's three-stream curbside system works: what goes in the garbage, the blue recycling bin and the green organics bin, why rules differ by municipality, and how depot systems handle the rest.
Read guide →A Canadian guide to the green bin: what organics are accepted, the rules on bags and compostable plastics, how Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Quebec differ, and what your scraps become after collection.
Read guide →Canadian blue bin rules explained: what is accepted nationwide, the 'wishcycling' mistakes that contaminate loads, how provincial EPR programs are changing the rules, and where bags, batteries and e-waste actually go.
Read guide →What counts as household hazardous waste in Canada, why it never goes in the garbage or recycling, and where to take it: municipal depots, event days, and free provincial programs for paint, batteries, oil and chemicals.
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