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Garbage and recycling collection schedules

Does the City collect your garbage, recycling, food scraps, and yard waste? There are two ways to find your collection schedule:

  1. Look up your schedule by exact address
  2. Look up your schedule by zone on a map

City collection schedules for houses and duplexes are changing this spring

Starting spring 2013, your Green Bin and recycling will be emptied every week, and your garbage bin every other week.

Look up your collection schedule by exact address, then sign up for automatic reminders

Enter your address below to get your pick-up schedule.

You can also sign up for reminders by email, text message, voicemail, or tweet, and even import your schedule into your online calendar. Never miss a collection day again!

Look up your collection schedule by zone on a map

Click the area on the map where your home or business is located, below, to get your collection schedule.

Recycling bin collection schedules for multi-unit buildings

Click on the area of the map where your apartment building, condo, or townhouse is to get your recycling collection schedule.

Garbage bin and yard waste bin collection schedules
for multi-unit buildings and businesses

Click on the area of the map where your apartment building, condo, townhouse, or business is to get your collection schedule.

Collection schedules for houses and duplexes are changing this spring

Starting spring 2013, your Green Bin and recycling will be emptied every week, and your garbage bin every other week. You will receive a new city-wide collection calendar about two weeks before your collection service changes.

NOTE: If you live in the Sunset and Riley Park food scraps pilot areas, your collection service will stay the same. The City will mail you a new city-wide collection calendar this spring.

If you live in this zone:  Your service changes on:
Blue north  Thursday, July 11 
Blue south  Thursday, July 4
Green north  Wednesday, May 1 
Green south  Wednesday, May 8
Purple north  Thursday, May 16 
Purple south  Friday, May 24
Red north Tuesday, June 18 
Red south  Tuesday, June 25
Yellow north  Monday, June 3 
Yellow south  Monday, June 10

 

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Ask. Tell. Connect.

Phone 3-1-1 to ask, tell, and connect with the City

Outside Vancouver:
604-873-7000

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Go green with food scraps

If you live in a house or duplex, you can put all of your food scraps into your Green Bin. 

Learn more

Did we forget you?

Report a missed garbage or recycling pickup

Find out what to do if your recycling, food scraps, yard waste, or garbage is not picked up by 3:00pm on your scheduled collection day.

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Last modified: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:45:30

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