Washing your hands is one of the most effective ways to prevent yourself and your loved ones from getting sick, especially at key times when you are likely to get and spread germs. Remember to immediately wash your hands after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow, not your hands.Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.Touching surfaces or objects that may be frequently touched by other people.Touching your face with unwashed hands after touching contaminated surfaces or objects.If you followed all of these instructions and your cart was still not collected please contact us.Covering coughs and sneezes and keeping hands clean can help prevent the spread of serious respiratory illnesses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and COVID-19. Place them close to the curb to make room for snowplows. Don’t push carts through snow (it’s easier to pull them). Please put carts in the mouth of your driveway or shovel a spot for them along the curb. If thats the case, the issue is generally resolved automatically. Its possible that the mail servers may be undergoing maintenance. The arm of the truck can damage branches. In the meantime, you can check the Service Health status of here as this may be a server issue. Place them at least one metre apart so the truck can grab, lift, and empty them.Place the carts at the curb or in the mouth of your driveway so they don’t interfere with people walking, cycling, driving, or parking on your street.Our automated garbage trucks can only collect what is in the carts. Do not leave bags, bundles or boxes beside or on top of carts.The cart should open toward the street.If items are packed too tightly, they may not empty. If the lid doesn’t close, the cart is likely to spill when we collect it. The City’s Environmental Compliance Approval from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks only allows us to process certified compostable bags. These products are unlikely to break down in our facility and would eventually end up in landfill after wasting time and energy trying to compost them. Some certified compostable plastics need more processing time than our facility can accommodate. Guelph can process certified compostable plastic bags, but our facility is not designed or permitted to process other certified compostable plastic products like food containers or cutlery. Search for certified compostable bags at and Why other certified compostable plastics go in the grey cart Plastic bags in the green cart must have one or both certified compostable symbols. Wash your kitchen compost bin and cart regularly white vinegar is an effective disinfectant.Sprinkle in salt, garden lime or powdered ginger to ward off insects.Layer food waste with used paper products.Wrap food scraps in newspaper or used paper towels before putting them in the green cart.Use newspaper, shredded paper, paper bags, flour or sugar bags, cereal boxes, or certified compostable plastic bags to line the kitchen compost bin and green cart.Here are a few tips for preventing odours, freezing and pests: You can put organic waste in the green cart with or without a bag or liner. Use paper, certified compostable plastic bags or go bagless in your green cart
Or, you can put shredded paper directly in your green cart.įree paper shredding service at the Waste Resource Innovation Centre.
Please put shredded paper in a see-through blue bag and put the bag in your blue cart for recycling. Don’t use bags in your blue cartīlue bags are not permitted in your blue cart unless you’re disposing of shredded paper. Go bagless or use clear plastic bags in your grey cart. Sorting Guide Don’t use solid garbage or grocery bags Only use clear bags in your grey cart Information and Communications Technologyĭownload the Guelph Waste app for collection reminders and sorting tips.
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