Coquitlam residents can put their extra yard waste on the curbside for pickup on regular collection days starting Monday, April 15.
Residents can use the city service to have their grass clippings, leaves and branches gathered during spring clean-up hauled away — for free.
If the extra yard trimmings don’t fit into the city green carts, they can go instead into:
- kraft paper bags
- old garbage cans
- labelled with a Yard Trimmings sticker that’s available from the Engineering department at Coquitlam City Hall, at the Town Centre Recycling Depot or the Coquitlam library branches
- bundles
- tied bundles must be less than one metre (three feet) in length
- individual branches must be less than 7.5 centimetre (three inches) in diameter
The extra trimmings should be on the curb by 7:30 a.m. for the separate collection truck.
Bags, cans and bundles should weigh less than 20 kg (44 pounds). Sod, rocks, soil and plastic bags are banned.
The extra yard trimmings program runs until May 24. The program typically sees about 437 tonnes a year collected in its two rounds: the spring and fall.
For more details about Coquitlam’s garbage and recycling collection days, or to set up an email or phone alert, you can visit the city's website.
