Multi-Family Yard Trimmings & Food Scraps Guidelines
Beginning Fall 2011, the City will expand its Food Scraps Recycling Program to Multi-Family complexes currently receiving City garbage and recycling service.
The City of Burnaby provides weekly collection of yard trimmings for Mutli-family complexes using a semi-automated truck and designated Green Bins. Please follow the guidelines below or download a copy of the Multi-Family Recycling Guide.
Collection Reminders
- Do not bag or bundle yard trimmings, they must go loose inside the Green Bin.
- Do not put garbage, plastic bags or other non-organic material in the Green Bin.
- Do not overfill Green Bin, it will not be collected.
- Wrap Your Scraps! Wrap food scraps in paper-based products only (e.g. newspaper, paper bag or cereal box). DO NOT use plastic or “plastic-like” degradable bags.
- Extra yard trimmings can be dropped off to Burnaby’s Yard Waste Depot, 4800 Still Creek Avenue. Residents can drop off up to 100kg free of charge per day.
- Learn about Burnaby’s Food Scraps Recycling Program
