Weekly green bin and leaf and yard waste collection starts April 4

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• • Ottawa - Starting Monday, April 4 City of Ottawa residents will have their green bins and leaf and yard waste collected every week. Organic food scraps, soiled paper products and other allowable waste from residential homes can now be placed at the curb for weekly collection.
    
    Weekly green bin and leaf and yard waste collection starts in April and continues during the spring, summer and fall. In December green bins will return to collection every other week.
    
    Residents are reminded to put their green bin and recycling out with their garbage by 7 a.m. for collection on their assigned pick-up day. Lock the lid to deter animals and prevent pests from getting into the bin. Leaf and yard waste can be used to top up the green bin. It can also be placed in a separate container such as an unused garbage container with the lid off so that collection workers can see it is leaf and yard waste.
    
    For more information about what goes in your green bin and collection dates, check your collection calendar or visit: <!-- TRANSIT - HYPERLINK --><!-- .http://ottawa.ca/online_services/recycling/index_en.html. -->ottawa.ca/recycle and <!-- TRANSIT - HYPERLINK --><!-- .http://ottawa.ca/residents/recycling_garbage/green_bin_program/index_en.html. -->ottawa.ca/greenbin
    
    City reminds residents to use green bins safely
    The City of Ottawa reminds residents to store their green bin in a safe location and to be aware of any hazards with regard to children.
    
    While green bin manufacturer, Norseman Plastics, says there have been no reported incidents of children being injured in their lockable green bins each unit does contain a message that says "Warning! Suffocation hazard. Do not allow children to play inside this container."
    

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• • For more information:
    Media contact
    613-580-2450
    Public inquiries
    3-1-1

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