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NEW CART. NEW PROGRAM. NEW SCHEDULE.OWNER’S MANUAL: ORGANICS (GREEN) CART

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Please keep this booklet for future reference.

WASTE COLLECTIONCHANGES ARE HERE!

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Congratulations! You are now the recipient of a new organics (green) cart, which is part of Peel’s

new waste collection program. Your new cart features a unique gravity lock that keeps out pests

like raccoons and squirrels. Please give this cart a good home.

BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2016, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL THINGS YOU’LL NEED TO KEEP IN MIND:

• You will have a new cart for household organic items such as food waste.• Your organics cart will be collected every week.• Your bagged garbage and organics cart will be collected one week and your bagged recycling and organics cart will

be collected the next week.• You will need to use clear or transparent blue bags for recycling (blue boxes will no longer be collected).• You will need to use garbage bags for garbage.• You can only put out four bags of garbage at a time on your garbage collection day (every two weeks).• Your collection day may be changing in 2016. You can check your collection day and schedule online

at peelregion.ca/waste• We’ll take back your old blue/grey boxes and green bins in early 2016.

Organics Cart


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Your collection day may be changing in 2016.Go to peelregion.ca/waste for more details

on your waste collection schedule.

Congratulations! You are now the recipient of a new organics (green) cart, which is part of Peel’s

new waste collection program. Your new cart features a unique gravity lock that keeps out pests

like raccoons and squirrels. Please give this cart a good home.

BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2016, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL THINGS YOU’LL NEED TO KEEP IN MIND:

• You will have a new cart for household organic items such as food waste.• Your organics cart will be collected every week.• Your bagged garbage and organics cart will be collected one week and your bagged recycling and organics cart will

be collected the next week.• You will need to use clear or transparent blue bags for recycling (blue boxes will no longer be collected).• You will need to use garbage bags for garbage.• You can only put out four bags of garbage at a time on your garbage collection day (every two weeks).• Your collection day may be changing in 2016. You can check your collection day and schedule online

at peelregion.ca/waste• We’ll take back your old blue/grey boxes and green bins in early 2016.


HOW TO SET OUT YOUR NEW CART ON COLLECTION DAY

The new cart works with the new automated collection vehicles. For your cart to be collected it will need to be set outproperly. Here’s what you need to do to ensure your waste is collected:

PLACE IT:• On your collection day, place your waste at the curb by 7 a.m.• Place your organics cart as close to the road as possible without blocking the road or sidewalk.• Make sure cart is clear from trees or other overhead obstructions.• Ensure cart and bags are accessible to collection trucks and avoid having cars parked too close to the cart. • During the winter months, please do not place cart or bags on top of or behind snow banks.• Please do not use any items to keep the cart lid closed (e.g. bungee cords).• The lid should be locked for collection.

FACE IT:• Place cart so that the front of the cart is facing straight toward the street, with the handle facing the house.

SPACE IT:• For safe and efficient collection, ensure there is an arm’s length of space on both sides of your cart to allow

for automated cart collection.• Extra material must also be placed out on the correct day, at an arm’s length distance from your cart.

Extra material may include:• Bulky items (e.g. furniture)• Yard waste• Large metal appliances and fixtures (by appointment only).

ERASE IT:• Please remove your cart and any uncollected material from the curb by 8 p.m. on your collection day.

7:00 A.M.

Face cart toward the street.

Arm’s length distanceon both sides of the cart.


HOW TO SET OUT YOUR NEW CART ON COLLECTION DAY

The new cart works with the new automated collection vehicles. For your cart to be collected it will need to be set out properly. Here’s what you need to do to ensure your waste is collected:

PLACE IT:• On your collection day, place your waste at the curb by 7 a.m.• Place your organics cart as close to the road as possible without blocking the road or sidewalk.• Make sure cart is clear from trees or other overhead obstructions.• Ensure cart and bags are accessible to collection trucks and avoid having cars parked too close to the cart. • During the winter months, please do not place cart or bags on top of or behind snow banks.• Please do not use any items to keep the cart lid closed (e.g. bungee cords).• The lid should be locked for collection.

FACE IT:• Place cart so that the front of the cart is facing straight toward the street, with the handle facing the house.

SPACE IT:• For safe and efficient collection, ensure there is an arm’s length of space on both sides of your cart to allow

for automated cart collection.• Extra material must also be placed out on the correct day, at an arm’s length distance from your cart.

Extra material may include:• Bulky items (e.g. furniture)• Yard waste• Large metal appliances and fixtures (by appointment only).

ERASE IT:• Please remove your cart and any uncollected material from the curb by 8 p.m. on your collection day.


HOW TO SORT YOUR WASTE

THE ORGANICS (GREEN) CART

Your organics cart holds all of your household organic material such as foodwaste. Use it regularly and correctly, and you will find that your regulargarbage has little odour.

Here are a few items that CAN go in your organics cart:• Food scraps, including meat, bones and skin (raw and cooked)• Dairy products such as cheese and yogurt• Eggs and eggshells• Vegetables and fruits• Coffee grounds, filters, tea bags and loose tea• Fats, oils, sauces and condiments• Soiled napkins, paper towels and paper containers• Tissues and cotton balls• Soiled pizza boxes or cardboard• Shredded paper

Here are a few items that CANNOT go in your organics cart:• Pet waste• Diapers• Produce stickers• Plastic

Animal resistant design To avoid having pests, such as raccoons, getting into your organics cart, we recommend that you lock the lid of your cart by simply turning the lock clockwise. The cart can be collected with the lid locked. To unlock it, simply turn the lock counter-clockwise. Please go to peelregion.ca/waste for more details.

THE KITCHEN CONTAINER:

• Is a handy way to collect household material, such as food waste, that goes into your organics cart.

• For your convenience and to reduce mess and odours, you can line your kitchen container with certified compostable bags, paper bags or newspaper.

• Putting baking soda or shredded paper in the bottom of your kitchen container will also reduce odours and moisture.

• Simply empty your kitchen container material into your organics cart.

• Textiles• Takeout cups and lids • Plastic grocery or shopping bags• Glass, aluminum or steel containers

Green bin liners matter Choose which one is right for youAcceptable green bin and kitchen catcher liners are marked with either of these two logos. ➤

To learn how to line your green bin with a low-cost alternative to compostable bags visit

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Look for one of the above symbols when purchasing compostable liner bags


HOW TO SORT YOUR WASTE

THE ORGANICS (GREEN) CART

Your organics cart holds all of your household organic material such as foodwaste. Use it regularly and correctly, and you will find that your regulargarbage has little odour.

Here are a few items that CAN go in your organics cart:• Food scraps, including meat, bones and skin (raw and cooked)• Dairy products such as cheese and yogurt• Eggs and eggshells• Vegetables and fruits• Coffee grounds, filters, tea bags and loose tea• Fats, oils, sauces and condiments• Soiled napkins, paper towels and paper containers• Tissues and cotton balls• Soiled pizza boxes or cardboard• Shredded paper

Here are a few items that CANNOT go in your organics cart:• Pet waste• Diapers• Produce stickers• Plastic

Animal resistant design To avoid having pests, such as raccoons, getting into your organics cart, we recommend that you lock the lid of your cart by simply turning the lock clockwise. The cart can be collected with the lid locked. To unlock it, simply turn the lock counter-clockwise. Please go to peelregion.ca/waste for more details.

THE KITCHEN CONTAINER:

• Is a handy way to collect household material, such as food waste, that goes into your organics cart.

• For your convenience and to reduce mess and odours, you can line your kitchen container with certified compostable bags, paper bags or newspaper.

• Putting baking soda or shredded paper in the bottom of your kitchen container will also reduce odours and moisture.

• Simply empty your kitchen container material into your organics cart.

?For a full list of what goes in your organics cart, go to peelregion.ca/waste. You can also use the “How to Sort Your Waste” tool to find out if an

item goes in the organics cart or not.Look for one of the above symbols when

purchasing compostable liner bags


BAGGED RECYCLING

Everything you currently put in your blue/grey box goes into clear or transparent blue recycling bags starting the week of January 4, 2016. To help get you started, you will receive a year’s free supply of recycling bags.

You may be surprised by some of the things that can and cannot be recycled, so this is a good opportunity to brush up on your recycling knowledge. Our website peelregion.ca/waste has a handy tool to help you determine what goes in your recycling bags.

Here are a few items that CAN go in your recycling bags:• Most paper, plastic, glass and metal containers and packaging• Plastic and glass bottles • Milk and juice cartons• Juice boxes• Plastic cups (straws are garbage)• Paper, magazines, newspapers, construction paper and cardboard cartons (but no small scraps)• Empty plastic grocery or shopping bags. Please put them all together in a tied plastic bag before placing in the recycling bag.

Here are a few items that CANNOT go in your recycling bags:• Household hazardous waste • Coffee and tea pods• Home health care waste, including sharps (needles, syringes or lancets)• Steel, plastic or ceramic dishes, cookware (pots and pans) and utensils

• Household electronics, including VHS and cassette tapes• Automotive parts and motor oil containers• Propane tanks and fire extinguishers• Kitchen/food waste• Construction, demolition and renovation materials

SOME ADDITIONAL TIPS:

• Blue boxes will no longer be collected.• Cardboard boxes must be flattened and placed in your recycling bags.• Excess cardboard must be bundled and placed an arm’s length distance from your organics cart.


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BAGGED RECYCLING

Everything you currently put in your blue/grey box goes into clear or transparent blue recycling bags starting the week of January 4, 2016. To help get you started, you will receive a year’s free supply of recycling bags.

You may be surprised by some of the things that can and cannot be recycled, so this is a good opportunity to brush up on your recycling knowledge. Our website peelregion.ca/waste has a handy tool to help you determine what goes in your recycling bags.

Here are a few items that CAN go in your recycling bags:• Most paper, plastic, glass and metal containers and packaging• Plastic and glass bottles • Milk and juice cartons• Juice boxes• Plastic cups (straws are garbage)• Paper, magazines, newspapers, construction paper and cardboard cartons (but no small scraps)• Empty plastic grocery or shopping bags. Please put them all together in a tied plastic bag before placing in the recycling bag.

Here are a few items that CANNOT go in your recycling bags:• Household hazardous waste • Coffee and tea pods• Home health care waste, including sharps (needles, syringes or lancets)• Steel, plastic or ceramic dishes, cookware (pots and pans) and utensils

• Household electronics, including VHS and cassette tapes• Automotive parts and motor oil containers• Propane tanks and fire extinguishers• Kitchen/food waste• Construction, demolition and renovation materials

SOME ADDITIONAL TIPS:

• Blue boxes will no longer be collected.• Cardboard boxes must be flattened and placed in your recycling bags.• Excess cardboard must be bundled and placed an arm’s length distance from your organics cart.

Not sure if something can be recycled?Go to peelregion.ca/waste and click on

the “How to Sort Your Waste” tool.


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BAGGED GARBAGE

If you are recycling and participating in organics collection, you might be surprised by how little garbage you have and how little odour there is.

Your garbage must be placed in a garbage bag to be collected. If you have more than four bags every two weeks, you will need to purchase garbage tags. To purchase garbage tags, visit peelregion.ca/waste

BULKY ITEM COLLECTION

Furniture and large items* are picked up year-round on your scheduled garbage collection day. Just place your items at the curb by 7 a.m. Make sure these items are an arm’s length distance from your organics cart. Visit peelregion.ca/waste for details.

*Does not include metal appliances (eg. stoves, refrigerators)

OTHER WASTE SERVICES

YARD WASTE COLLECTION

Beginning in 2016, yard waste collection will begin two weeks earlier and end two weeks later than in previous years.Check your schedule online at peelregion.ca/waste

COMMUNITY RECYCLING CENTRES (CRCs)

At Peel’s Community Recycling Centers (CRCs) you can:• Drop off reusable items in good working condition• Recycle materials (electronics, scrap metal, appliances, tires)• Dispose of household hazardous waste

EXEMPTION PERIODS

The Region provides Waste Exemption Periods during the two weeks following Victoria Day, Labour Day and Christmas.During Waste Exemption Periods, there is no limit to the amount of acceptable waste you can put out on the curb onyour scheduled garbage collection day. Find out when your exemption days are at peelregion.ca/waste

Not sure if something is garbage?Go to peelregion.ca/waste and click on

the “How to Sort Your Waste” tool.


BAGGED GARBAGE

If you are recycling and participating in organics collection, you might be surprised by how little garbage you have and how little odour there is.

Your garbage must be placed in a garbage bag to be collected. If you have more than four bags every two weeks, you will need to purchase garbage tags. To purchase garbage tags, visit peelregion.ca/waste

BULKY ITEM COLLECTION

Furniture and large items* are picked up year-round on your scheduled garbage collection day. Just place your items at the curb by 7 a.m. Make sure these items are an arm’s length distance from your organics cart. Visit peelregion.ca/waste for details.

*Does not include metal appliances (eg. stoves, refrigerators)

OTHER WASTE SERVICES

YARD WASTE COLLECTION

Beginning in 2016, yard waste collection will begin two weeks earlier and end two weeks later than in previous years.Check your schedule online at peelregion.ca/waste

COMMUNITY RECYCLING CENTRES (CRCs)

At Peel’s Community Recycling Centers (CRCs) you can:• Drop off reusable items in good working condition• Recycle materials (electronics, scrap metal, appliances, tires)• Dispose of household hazardous waste

EXEMPTION PERIODS

The Region provides Waste Exemption Periods during the two weeks following Victoria Day, Labour Day and Christmas.During Waste Exemption Periods, there is no limit to the amount of acceptable waste you can put out on the curb onyour scheduled garbage collection day. Find out when your exemption days are at peelregion.ca/waste

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For more information about our Community Recycling Centres (CRCs), visit peelregion.ca/waste


COLLECTION SCHEDULES

Your collection day may be changing starting the week of January 4, 2016. You can check your collection day andschedule online at peelregion.ca/waste

Organics will be collected every week. Recycling will be collected one week and garbage will be collected the next week.

Depending on your neighbourhood, you will start the year by putting out your garbage and your organics OR yourrecycling and your organics.

Week 1 Jan. 4-8

Week 2 Jan. 11-15

Week 1 Jan. 18-22

Week 2 Jan. 25-29

CHANGE FOR YOU AND FOR US

There’s a lot that’s new with this program and it may take time until everything is running smoothly. As you are gettingfamiliar with your new organics cart and bi-weekly collection, the people collecting the cart will have new vehiclesand new routes. We expect there may be some delays and other challenges during the first weeks of the program.We’re committed to working with you to make this transition as smooth as possible. During this time we ask for yourpatience as we all work together to adjust to the new program.

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You can check your schedule any timeby visiting peelregion.ca/waste

Week 1 Jan. 4-8

Week 2 Jan. 11-15

Week 1 Jan. 18-22

Week 2 Jan. 25-29

Neighbourhood A

Neighbourhood B


COLLECTION SCHEDULES

Your collection day may be changing starting the week of January 4, 2016. You can check your collection day andschedule online at peelregion.ca/waste

Organics will be collected every week. Recycling will be collected one week and garbage will be collected the next week.

Depending on your neighbourhood, you will start the year by putting out your garbage and your organics OR yourrecycling and your organics.

CHANGE FOR YOU AND FOR US

There’s a lot that’s new with this program and it may take time until everything is running smoothly. As you are gettingfamiliar with your new organics cart and bi-weekly collection, the people collecting the cart will have new vehiclesand new routes. We expect there may be some delays and other challenges during the first weeks of the program.We’re committed to working with you to make this transition as smooth as possible. During this time we ask for yourpatience as we all work together to adjust to the new program.


KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR CART

On the side of your cart you will notice a serial number that you can record below for future reference in case your cart goes missing or is damaged:

Organics cart serial number:_____________________________________

There is also a space on your cart where you can write your address.Carts are also equipped with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags.Visit peelregion.ca/waste for more information.

REPORT A PROBLEM

To report a damaged or missing cart, please visit peelregion.ca/waste

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

For all the latest information about carts and waste collection, visit peelregion.ca/waste


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