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Updated April 2, 2026
Roadside garbage collection resumes on your next regularly scheduled garbage collection day and week. Check the Waste Wise app or website to make sure it's your collection week.
Roadside organics and recycling collection resumes on your next regularly scheduled Green Cart and Blue Box collection day.
Temporary increased limits will be in place as follows:
Garbage collection, weeks of March 30 and April 6
Residential properties may set out up to four bags, containers or bundles per unit.
Registered Yellow Bag participants may set out up to 12 yellow bags per registered participant.
Registered participants in the diaper waste program should place all clear bags of diaper waste at the roadside on their regularly scheduled diaper collection day.
Green Cart and Blue Box, week of March 30
Temporary collection changes
For residents scheduled on Thursday, April 2
- Garbage: No change. Collection will take place Thursday.
- Blue Box and Green Cart in Sudbury: Rescheduled to Friday.
- Blue Box and Green Cart in Chelmsford, Azilda, Lively, McCrea Heights, Val Caron, Coniston and Wahnapitae: Rescheduled to Saturday.
Please note that this temporary change for Thursday routes will not appear in the Waste Wise calendar.
For residents whose Friday, April 3 collection was moved to Saturday, April 4 because of Good Friday
- Garbage: No change. Collection will take place Saturday, April 4.
- Blue Box and Green Cart: Rescheduled to Monday.
This temporary change will be reflected in Waste Wise.Calendar
Extra organic waste that does not fit in your Green Cart may be placed in certified compostable bags and set on top of or beside your Green Cart in a cardboard box or similar small container without a lid. Do not place bags directly on the ground.
Extra recyclables may be placed next to your Blue Box in a cardboard box or other box without a lid no larger than a Blue Box.
Yellow Box Recycling Carts, weeks of March 30 and April 6
Recyclables that do not fit in your cart may be placed next to your cart in a cardboard box or other box without a lid no larger than a Blue Box.
Residents and property owners are asked to support a smooth and safe collection process by following these tips:
- Do not place waste on snowbanks, sidewalks or in the travelled roadway.
- Keep waste at the mouth of your driveway.
- Put waste out by 7 a.m. on collection day.
- All bags and containers must weigh no more than 40 lb / 18 kg.
- For properties using waste storage containers, please clear snow from the top of your storage container and ensure there is a safe, clear path for collection crews to access it. Waste storage containers that cannot be accessed cannot be collected.
Landfill sites and Recycling Centre
The Sudbury, Azilda and Hanmer landfill sites, the Walden Small Vehicle Transfer Station and the Recycling Centre are now open to all customers during regular operating hours.
All regular tipping and gate fees are in effect. Wait times may be longer than usual at landfill sites. Residents are encouraged to check the Sudbury landfill livestream before heading to the site.
To reduce wait times, residents are encouraged to hold their waste until their roadside collection resumes. Those who do visit landfill sites can support waste diversion by separating recyclable and compostable waste.
Waste services that have not yet resumed:
- Furniture, appliance and electronic collection and pick-up requests are unavailable until further notice.
- Requests for new or additional Green Carts are unavailable until further notice.
- Leaf and yard trimming collection will resume on your regularly scheduled garbage and leaf and yard collection day beginning the week of April 13.
Actually, we’re not reducing services, we’re just changing it. Instead of placing one (1) bag/container/bundle at the roadside weekly, you will now place two (2) bags/containers/bundles at the roadside every other week. All your recyclable and organic wastes can be re-direct to the Blue Box or Green Cart which are unlimited and collected weekly or re-directed to unlimited leaf & yard trimmings which will be collected every other week.
The change to every other week garbage and leaf & yard trimmings is the last phase of the transitional plan to increase waste diversion and save valuable landfill space. If residents participate in all diversion programs, a minor portion of their waste material will be left for the garbage stream which makes weekly garbage collection obsolete.
Adapting to less frequent garbage collection, in turn, makes diversion programs, especially Green Cart organic collection more attractive even to program hold-outs. Reduction in garbage collection frequency has the added benefit of reducing garbage collection costs and postponing expensive landfill closure and new construction costs. Funds allocated for garbage collection can then be re-allocated to other priority services.
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