Recycling & Garbage Collection - Day 1 and Composting. Need Help?

Rycycling and Garbage pick up in Luxton is Day 1:

Recycling - List of blue-box appropriate items is in the MTS White Pages and also at winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste/recycle along with other helpful information. Blue boxes are available at Pollock's Hardware http://www.pollockshardwareco-op.ca/

Anecdotally, from the number of blue boxes on the streets it appears that the number of households recycling is lower than 50% and perhaps as low as 30%. Please e-mail luxtonresidents@mts.net if you need any sort of help in getting started recycling.

Composting:

• grass clippings
• garden waste, flower clippings and leaves
• weeds (before they flower)
• fruit and vegetable scraps
• tea leaves, tea bags, coffee grounds and filters
• nutshells and eggshells

If you missed the one-day compost bin sale, don't worry! A limited number of Earth Machine compost bins, valued at $100.00, are available at the sale price of $30.00 Pollock’s Hardware Co-op - 1407 Main Street - 582-5007 http://www.pollockshardwareco-op.ca/

Contact Resource Conservation Manitoba to sign up for a free basic composting workshop Registration is required.

Consider sharing your compost bin with others in the neighbourhood, or offer your compostables to a neighbour who already has a bin.

Garbage - Auto-Bins: Day 1 collection. Items that can be disposed off in the bins are at http://winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste/garbage/AutoBins.stm

Mattresses, old furniture etc. It's illegal to dump these items by autobins. (Dumping by autobins is illegal and turns one person's garbage into an unsightly neighbourhood problem; the item remains there until a ticked-off neighbour calls the City). Contact 311@winnipeg.ca directly and arrange for pick-up from your property line. http://winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste/garbage/bulkyWaste.stm