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2021 City of Peterborough
Waste Reduction and Conservation Calendar
Recycling, Green Waste & Garbage Collection
Your recycling, green waste and garbage are collected on the same day. Find your
location on this map to see which day your collections occur. Check the calendar for
schedule changes on holidays. All materials must be at the curb by 7 a.m.
Recycling Facility & 24-Hour Drop-Off Depot
Phone: 705 876 1600 | 390 Pido Road | operated by Emterra Environmental
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Drop-off Depot open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
Household Hazardous Waste/Electronics Depot
Phone: 519 617 1246 | 400 Pido Road
Summer (May – Sept) Wednesday - Thursday: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm | Friday - Saturday: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Winter (Oct – April) Wedneday - Saturday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
GreenUP Ecology Park
www.greenup.on.ca
Phone: 705 745 3238 · Ashburnham Drive, in the southeast corner of Beavermead Park
Peterborough Utilities Group
www.peterboroughutilities.ca
Customer Service: 705 748 6900 (8:30 to 4:30 Monday to Friday)
Main and After-Hours Number: 705 748 9300
Transit
www.peterborough.ca/transit
Phone: 705 745 0525 · 190 Simcoe St.
Transit Terminal Pass Sales: Monday–Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday and Holidays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bus hours: Monday–Saturday 5:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Sunday and Holidays 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Visit www.peterborough.ca/transit for current updates
Thursday
Thursday
City Waste
Management Division
www.peterborough.ca/waste Friday
Phone: 705 742 7777, Ext. 1657 ·
City Hall
500 George Street North Tuesday
Hours: Monday–Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Garbage & Green
Waste Collection
(Public Works)
Phone: 705 745 1386 Public
works
Peterborough Waste
Wednesday
Management
Facility (Landfill)
To
Phone: 705 742 7777, Ext. 2150 · PETERBOROUGH WASTE
6 kilometers south of the MANAGEMENT FACILITY (Landfill)
6 km
Peterborough Bypass on Bensfort Road
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.;
Saturday 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Recycling Collection
(Emterra Environmental)
Phone: 705 742 3139
Email: info@emterra.ca
Office Hours: Monday–Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Containers Paper Products
Keep your “CONTAINERS”
separate from your “PAPER
& Film Plastic
PRODUCTS” as outlined below. Paper Products and
Film Plastic go in the same
blue box. Remember to
Place all containers loose into one
“bag your bags*”
blue box. Do not bag containers.
Note: Stream
2
Stream Please rinse off any excess food.
1 Mixed blue boxes
may be left
Note:
Plastic Containers uncollected
there is no limit to the
Cardboard and Boxboard
number of blue boxes
• All food and beverage containers. you may set out for
• Bakery trays, cookie trays, fresh fruit containers, plastic egg cartons. collection each week.
• Windshield washer fluid bottles, toiletry bottles. • Flatten and tie in bundles 30” x 30” x 8” maximum.
• Flower pots (12 inches or less in diameter) and trays. Can sit beside blue box if necessary.
No Tupperware-type containers. No frozen food containers. Drop-Off Depot
No hangers. Open 24/7
390 Pido Road
No plastic straws or cutlery.
No prescription medicine containers. Newspapers and Magazines
No motor oil containers (accepted at HHW Depot) • Can be loose or in plastic bags to prevent blowing. Do not tie the bags.
No paper towels or tissues.
Metal Containers
• Aluminum beverage cans.
Office Paper and Envelopes
• Steel food and beverage cans. • Can be loose or in plastic bags to prevent blowing. Do not
• Aluminum foil and trays (scrunch foil in a ball). tie the bags. Not necessary to remove staples, paper clips.
• Paint and aerosol cans (must be empty, dry, lids removed).
No propane/butane cylinders Hard- and Soft-covered books
• Hard covers must be removed and placed separately into the Paper blue box.
Glass Containers 3 No binders.
• Clear and coloured glass bottles and jars.
No other type of glass accepted Dispose of sharp objects by Brown bags, gift bags, paper inner
(eg drinking glasses, window panes). wrapping them in newspaper.
No broken glass Place the wrapped broken tubes, egg cartons
glass into the garbage • Inner tubes from toilet paper, paper towels and gift-wrap.
Remove non-paper attachments from gift bags.
Juice Boxes, Tetra Paks, Milk Cartons, Film Plastic
Coffee Cups and Spiral Containers * Stuff plastic grocery bags, bread bags, milk bags, toilet paper wrap,
No straws, stir sticks or plastic lids from coffee cups. dry-cleaning bags, etc together inside one grocery bag, and tie the top.
No Kool Aid Jammer style cartons. No chip bags, cheese wrappers, stretch wrap or cereal box liners.
Recycle the package, not the product. For missed recycling collection, call 705-742-3139
Recycling Tips Unfortunately it always seems to be windy on recycling day! On windy days, the lighter contents in blue boxes
can often be found blowing out of bins resulting in litter on our streets and on our neighbour's properties.
for Windy Days To help prevent this from happening, here are a few suggestions to keep blue box contents in their place:
Put all your glass bottles If you are concerned about Crush your cans and bottles down in your containers blue box, Make sure your blue box is to your curb by
and jars on top of your high winds blowing your and your boxboard down in your paper/fibres box. This saves A 7AM on your collection day. Putting your
paper/fibres box, then recycling out of your blue box, LOT of space, and will reduce the possibility of material blowing recycling out the night before is fine, but if a
put that box on top of don’t put it out. Wait until out of your blue box on windy days. Stacking your papers upright large wind event is expected throughout the
your containers box. your next collection if possible. in your papers blue box, also helps to stop wind-blown litter. night, make sure you wait until the morning.
DO NOT Put Household Hazardous Waste Materials
in the blue box - it has caused fires!!!!
(Not Emptied) (Syringes, Needles Lancets)
Propane Tanks Batteries Aerosol Cans Sharps
Waste Management Services Operating Hours Bag Your Bags
Recycling Mon-Fri When recycling plastic bags put all
Peterborough Waste Mon-Fri Sat
Facility 8:00am - 4:30pm bags and loose plastic (plastic grocery
Management Facility 8:00am - 4:45pm 8:00am - 3:45pm
(Landfill) bags, bread bags, milk bags, toilet paper
Recycling Tues-Fri wrap, dry-cleaning bags, etc.) together
Collection 7:00am - 7:00pm
Summer (May - Sept) inside one grocery bag and tie the top
Emterra Mon-Fri Wed-Thur Fri-Sat and then place in your PAPER recycling
Household
Environmental 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 2:00pm (fibre) blue box. Do not put loose bags
Hazardous Waste/
Winter (Oct - April) into the blue box as they create sorting
Garbage and Green Tues-Fri Electronics Depot Wed-Sat issues and end up as garbage.
Waste Collection 7:00am - 7:00pm 8:00am - 4:00pm
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January 2021 P-13-093-1 | 1941 McDonald Lumber (now Del Crary Park) looking across river at Burham point
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
December 2020 February 2021 Christmas Tree Collections 31 New Years Eve 1 Ne
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S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Place Christmas trees to the curb
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 after January 3rd. They will be
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 collected by the end of the month -
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 weather permitting. Keep your tree
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 visible so it is not missed. Do not
27 28 29 30 31 28 call for collection, they will come! Free after 7:20 pm Collections move
Service ends at 3:20 am to Monday, Jan. 4th
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Christmas Tree
Collection Begins
Collections move
here from Fri, Jan. 1st
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 Hazardous Waste Depot Did you know... That if all our customers switched to e-billing instead of
Landfill receiving paper invoices, we would save about 151 trees each year? That’s a
City Bus Service nice-sized forest - and that’s only one year! And it doesn’t include mailing
envelopes, return envelopes or stamps. If you’d still like to have a paper
Car Free Wednesday
copy of your bills on-hand for tax season or just for your own records, you
Garbage Collection No Containers can download your bills as a PDF and keep them on file at home. To switch
Recycling Collection in Bags email to ebill simply contact us at info@peterboroughutilities.ca or call us
at 705-748-6900
P-09-000-08 | 1 Feb, 1964 ETHICON Sutures construction, later Johnson & Johnson and now Calvary Church on Lansdowne St. West February 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
January 2021 March 2021
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Free products and services will help you lower energy costs. Peterborough Utilities is encouraging
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 all of its customers to take advantage of a new initiative being offered by the provincial government.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 By providing free energy saving products and services to Ontario residents, the AffordAbility Fund
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 offers consumers a way to reduce electricity usage and lower utility bills. Whether you rent or own,
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 live in a house or an apartment, the program is available to most of our customers (except those
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 participating in the Home Assistance Program (HAP) to lower-income households).
31
Landfill
1 2 Groundhog Day 3 4 5 Winter Bike to
Work Day
6
City Bus Service
Car Free Wednesday
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 Valentines Day 15 Flag Day 16 17 18 19 20
Family Day
Closed
(Holiday Schedule)
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28
Used Syringe Disposal Proper disposal of place used syringes in a
used syringes is vital to public safety. There have sealed puncture-proof
been too many incidents of people being stuck container and take them to
by needles that were put in the wrong place, the Household Hazardous DO NOT put used
causing both physical and mental distress. Waste Depot, or to a local syringes in the blue
Medical Waste
(Gloves, Face masks) If you use needles for any purpose please: pharmacy that accepts them. box or the garbageP-09-104-3 | 1967 Foster’s Chicken Villa (Kentucky Fried Chicken) (where Harvey’s is now - downtown) March 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
February 2021
S M T W T F S March is a •
•
WAIT UNTIL THE MORNING, or even until the next week to set it out
crush containers (cans, milk cartons) to make them more dense
1 2 3
7 8 9 10
4
11
5
12
6
13
Windy Month • ensure all plastic bags are stuffed together into one
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Follow these tips • place heavier items on top of light ones
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Loose to avoid blowing • stack blue boxes (heavier on top of lighter)
28 Plastic Bags recyclables: • don’t over-fill your blue boxes
April 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6
S M T W T F S
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
7 8 9 10 11 12 Grade 8 Transit
Quest 12th-21st
13
14 Daylight Savings
(Spring Ahead)
15 16 17 St. Patrick’s Day 18 19 20 Spring Equinox
21 International
Day of Forests
22 World of
Water Day
23 24 25 26 27 Earth Hour
8:30pm-9:30pm
Grade 8 Transit
Quest Ends
28 29 30 31 Green Waste Start-Up
Green waste collection begins Tuesday, April 6th. Put your leaf and
yard waste out to the curb every week on your regular collection
day. Remember, no plastic bags. Green waste must be in paper bags,
bushel baskets or a garbage bin labelled with the City “Green Waste”
1st instalment of stickers. These are FREE at City Hall and GreenUP. Weekly green waste
interim taxes due collection continues right through until the last week of November.P-09-167-1 | 1957 Sewer work Park Street South, looking north to McKellar April 2021
Gear up for
Shifting Gears
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
March 2021 May 2021 Hazardous Waste Depot 1 2 Good Friday 3
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Landfill
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 City Bus Service
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Car Free Wednesday
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Garbage Collection (Holiday Schedule)
28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Styrofoam Winter Parking
30 31
Recycling Collection
P Restrictions End
Collections move to
Monday Apr. 5th
4 Easter Sunday 5 Easter Monday 6 7 8 Zoo Lover’s Day 9 Vimy Ridge Day 10
Fixed income
1st instalment of
interim taxes due
(Regular Schedule)
Collections move here Green Waste
from Friday, Apr. 2nd Collection Begins
11 12 13 14 15 16 Earth Week
16th-22nd
17
18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day 23 24 Jackson Creek
Clean-Up
Zoo Community 10:00am to 12:00pm
Litter Clean Up For more details visit:
For more details visit: otonabeeconservation.com
otonabeeconservation.com
Deadline to arrange
for Large Article
Collection #1
25 26 27 28 29 30 Zoo Lover’s Day
Thursday, April 8th
show your love by
making a donation to
the only free-admission
accredited zoo
Large Article
Collection #1 in Canada
Disposing of Broken Glass Did you know... Building materials, automobile parts, televisions
Broken glass is a very real and serious risk for and monitors are not accepted at the curb.
The City will pick up items larger
waste collectors. Please be mindful of the proper than the weekly garbage allowance The cost is $20 for the first item and Refrigeration items must have the Freon removed prior to
$5 for each additional item (excluding collection (i.e. fridges, air conditioners & dehumidifiers, etc.).
handling procedures for this material. Never put (i.e. furniture). There are six (6) mattresses and box springs).
broken glass of any kind into the the blue box. collections every year. Go to If you’re disposing of a mattess and/or boxspring that has
Service for the collection must been infected with bed bugs, these items MUST be placed
Bundle broken glass in a puncture-proof container https://shop.peterborough.ca/ be arranged by 11:59 p.m. on the in a clear plastic bag. Free bags (1 per item) are available
or wrap in newspaper and put it in the garbage. to schedule. More details: Thursday prior to the event. from the City (pick up at City Hall and Public Works).P-10-592-4 | 1969 Rock Haven Motel - Lansdowne Street West May 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
April 2021 June 2021
Hazardous Waste Depot
1
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Reusable Exchange Weekends
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 Place reuseable items at the curb Landfill
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the Friday of the event weekend. If
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 City Bus Service
items haven’t been taken by Sunday
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Propane &
evening, bring them back in. Car Free Wednesday
25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 Helium Tanks HHW Depot
(Small Individual)
Winter Hours End
2 3 4 5 Summer Hours
HHW Depot 6
Begin
7 Reuseable 8 Exchange
Wed & Thurs 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Fri & Sat 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Environment Day @
Compost Eastgate Parking Lot
Awareness Week Ashburnham Road
7th-13th 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
9 Weekend #1 10 11 12 13 14 15
Deadline to arrange
for Large Article
Mother’s Day Collection #2
16 17 18 19 20 Children’s
Water Festival
21 22 Ecology Park
Tree Nursey &
18th-20th Annual Plant Sale
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Large Article
Collection #2
23 24 Victoria Day 25 26 27 28 29
Closed
(Holiday Schedule)
30 31 The Scoop on Poop
Please don’t put pet waste in your blue box or green waste bins. Don’t let rainwater go to Waste
What should you do? When putting pet waste on the curb for Use that precious rainwater!
collection remember these important points. Consider using a rain barrel,
or direct your downspout so it
• double bag the little parcels
• mix with other waste, no dedicated bags of pet waste only please empties into your garden or lawn.
2nd instalment of
interim taxes due • no more than 25% of a bag of garbage should be pet wasteP-12-621-1 Hunter Street Bridge - looking South June 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
May 2021 July 2021 1 Ontario
Bike Month
2 3 4 5 International
Trails Day
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 1 2 3 World
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Environment
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Day
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Lawn Watering Fixed income
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Restrictions begin 2nd instalment of
30 31 (until August 31st) interim taxes due
6 7 8 9 10 11 Reuseable 12 Exchange
13 Weekend #2 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 Father’s Day 21 22 23 24 25 26
Summer Solstice
Deadline to arrange
for Large Article
Collection #3
27 28 29 30 Water Wise Program
GreenUP, with support from Peterborough Utilities Group, would
like to recognize the efforts of citizens in the City of Peterborough
who are taking water wise steps on their residential properties to
conserve water through alternative landscaping methods in their
front yards. For more information on the Water Wise program
Large Article
visit: https://www.greenup.on/program/waterwise/
Collection #3
Lawn Watering Restrictions Begin Rules of Rolling
Are you odd? Or even? Help conserve our As our trail system expands and interest in cycling, walking
precious water! From June 1st until August and skateboarding increases, it is helpful to establish who
31st, odd addresses (eg.247) water on odd has the right-of-way, just like boats navigating the seas do.
days and even addresses (eg 246) water The Active Transportation By-Law spells out what uses are
Aerosol Cans on even days. Watering can occur between permitted where and who has the right-of-way. The number
(Not Emptied) the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 pm only. one rule is ALWAYS YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS.P-12-507-1 | 20 July, 1959 Grocery delivery to boat at Marina July 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Hazardous Waste Depot
June 2021 August 2021 Landfill
1 Canada Day 2 3
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
City Bus Service
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Holiday Schedule)
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Car Free Wednesday
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Garbage Collection
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Garden Hose/ Recycling Collection
27 28 29 30 29 30 31 Pools or Pool Liners
Collections move
Green Waste Collection
to Monday, July 5th
4 5 6 7 8 9 Reuseable 10 Exchange
Collections move here
from Thursday, July 1st
11 Weekend #3 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Deadline to arrange
for Large Article
Collection #4
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Large Article 1st installment of
Collection #4 final taxes due
Wanted: Bikes, Working or Not Rain Barrel Rebate Drink Tap Water
Our local community bike shop, B!KE, Rain barrels are an excellent way to capture water that can be used Our drinking water is tested more than 20,000
is always happy to receive donated on your garden and in your yard. The Peterborough Utilities Group times per year to ensure it meets Health Canada’s
bicycles. Bikes are refurbished or used offers a $25 subsidy for customers who are interested in purchasing guidelines. Bottled water is often just tap water,
for parts and give a new lease on life. a rain barrel. Are you PUG customer? Drop by the GreenUP Store & and is not subject to the same strict water quality
See www.communitybikeshop.org Resource Centre to purchase a discounted rain barrel and receive your guidelines as our municipal water. It also produces a
for their location and hours. instant rebate. https://www.greenup.on.ca/program/rain-barrel-rebate/ lot of waste (about 30% of bottles are not recycled).August 2021 P-12-653-1 Aerial view of the Little Lake Cemetary, Lock 19 & Lansdowne Swing Bridge
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
July 2021 September 2021
Using Mulches
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
Landfill Mulches cover and cool soils, reduce weed growth and ease
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 their removal, minimize evaporation and exposure to wind, and
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 provide landscape interest with colours and textures. Mulches
City Bus Service
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 can also capture rain and snow for slower infiltration and less
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 runoff. Some examples of mulches are straw, compost, wood
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 Tupperware
chips, bark, newspapers, gravel and stone.
1 2 Peter Robinson Day
(Simcoe Day)
3 4 5 6 7
Closed Fixed income
1st instalment of
(Holiday Schedule)
final taxes due
8 9 10 11 12 13 Reuseable 14 Exchange
15 Weekend #4 16 17 18 19 20 21 World Honey
Bee Day
Deadline to arrange
for Large Article
Collection #5
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Large Article
Collection #5
29 30 31 Free Disposal of Electronics and Hazardous Waste
Never been to the Pido Road Depot? It accepts all your toxic materials
from home (paint, cleaners, household and car batteries, propane tanks,
motor oil, fluorescent lights and more), plus your old TV’s, computers
and electronic devices for FREE disposal. Most items are recycled or
safely disposed of. Located at 400 Pido Road in Peterborough and
Lawn Watering
open all year round - check the site for hours of operation.
Restrictions EndSeptember 2021 P-09-084-5 | Sept, 1946 Bear at Peterborough Zoo
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
August 2021 October 2021
Hazardous Waste Depot
1 Proclaimed by
the City & County
2 3 4
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S of Peterborough as
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 Landfill Local Food Month
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 City Bus Service
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Car Free Wednesday
31
5 6 Labour Day 7 First day of school
don’t let your
8 9 10 Last Reuseable 11 Exchange
guard down
Closed
(Holiday Schedule)
12 Weekend 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 Fall Equinox 23 24 25
World Car Free Day
(worldcarfree.net)
Deadline to arrange
for Last Large HHW Depot
Article Collection Summer Hours End
26 27 28 29 Winter Hours Begin
at HHW Depot 30 Who Wants Well-Travelled Food??
Wed-Sat
8:00am - 4:00pm One of the most environmental actions you
can do is buy food that is grown locally.
Why? The average distance that food travels
to get to your plate is 2400 km, creating
Last Large 2nd instalment of a huge amount of emissions and other
Article Collection final taxes due transportation-related impacts. Eat fresh,
local foods - visit your Farmer’s Markets.
Bag Your Bags
Most cities won’t recycle plastic bags, but we do! Take advantage of this, and
recycle all the bags and wrappings you get from bread, milk, frozen vegetables,
bulk foods, toilet paper wrap, wrap from pop/water cases, dry-cleaning,
Plate Glass
retailers and more. And remember to bag your bags, Stuff all the plastic bags
/Mirror into one and tie the top before placing inside your “Paper” blue box.P-12-672-4 | ca 1950 Aerial view of Civic Hospital (CGE visible at top of photo) October 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
September 2021 November 2021 Handle Leaves Responsibly 1 2
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S They’re back!! Your beautiful summer canopy has turned on you and become your
worst nightmare. Please remember, however tempting it is, that leaves are NOT to
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 be raked loose to the curb for collection. This puts pedestrians, particularly children
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
and pets, at great risk. Loose leaves obstruct driver visibility and block storm drains,
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
leading to flooding and icy conditions. Bag your leaves in paper leaf-and-yard waste
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
bags, and take advantage of the unlimited weekly collection the City provides.
26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 A by-law is now in place which prohibits raking leaves onto City roadways.
3 4 5 6 International Walk
to School Day
7 8 Ecology Park Tree
Nursery - Last Day
9
10:00am to 4:00pm
Fixed income
2nd instalment of
final taxes due
10 11 Thanksgiving 12 13 14 15 16
Closed
(Holiday Schedule)
17 18 19 Waste Reduction
Week 19th-25th
20 21 22 23
Battery Recycling
Bag delivered today
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 Halloween We Want Your Batteries
Compost Your Jack’o Lantern
So we’re making it easy. Put them in the
Place your carved pumpkins in Landfill
battery bag you receive on October 21st in
your backyard composter, or, to Peterborough This Week, then lay the bag
save space, put them out with your City Bus Service
on top of your “Papers” blue box the week
green waste. They’ll break down of November 1st. This is the only time you
Kleenex & Car Free Wednesday
nicely and turn into a great soil can do this in 2021. No batteries in the Paper Towel
amendment by next fall. blue box any other time please.P-12-771-2 | 1950 Aerial view of Monaghan & Lansdowne (Peterborough Lumber; St. Peter’s Cemetary & Outboard Marine visible) November 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
October 2021
Car Free Wednesday Curbside Battery Collection Mulch Your leaves
S M T W T F S
1 2 Garbage Collection Put your batteries out for collection Run your lawn mower over dry
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 the week of November 1st (on your fallen leaves and let nature do
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Recycling Collection regular recycling day). Batteries must its work. Nutrients from the
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 be sealed in a zip-lock bag and then leaves will leach into the soil
Prescription
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Medicine Green Waste Collection placed on top of your “Paper” blue over the coming winter months.
Containers box. Batteries must NOT be loose! It also means less bagging.
31
December 2021
S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Curbside Battery Collection
7 Daylight Savings
Ends - fall back
8 9 10 11 Remembrance Day 12 13
Collections move
to Monday, Nov. 15th
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Collections move here
from Thurs, Nov. 11th
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Last Week for Green Green Waste
Waste Collection Collection Ends
28 29 30
Riverview Park & Zoo Adopt-An-Animal Program
Consider making an adoption in someone else’s name as a
thoughtful holiday gift. Adoptions are a great way for families,
school classes and community groups to get involved locally
with wildlife conservation. Delivery of an adoption package
will be by December 24th if order is placed by December 8th.P-12-797-1 Market Square December 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
November 2021 January 2022
Hazardous Waste Depot
1 Winter Parking
Restrictions Begin
2 3 4
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Landfill P
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 City Bus Service
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Car Free Wednesday
28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 Winter Solstice 22 23 24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day
HHW Closes
at 1:00 pm
Landfill Closes
at 11:45 am
Stops at
7:20 pm
26 Boxing Day 27 28 29 30 31 New Year’s Eve 1 New Year’s
Day 2022
HHW Closes
at 1:00 pm
(Holiday Schedule) Free after 7:20 pm
Service ends at 3:20am
Holiday Recycling Reminder Tis the Paper Container Garbage
Please help your recycling collector out during
Season to Blue Box Blue Box Items
this busy holiday season. If you wish, you can take Recycle Paper wrapping paper roll, Single use coffee cups Wooden Clementine box, Christmas
your recyclable to the 24-hour drop-off depot on regular wrapping paper, (no lids), egg nog carton, lights, tissue paper, candy cane
Pido Road. Gets your house uncluttered and really cracker box, cardboard packing big aluminum pans (clean), wrappers, cracker box liners, toys,
Tissue Paper lightens the load for our busy, hard working crews. box, gift bags (non-metallic), plastic food tray (cheese/ ribbons and bows, bubble-wrap,
Christmas cards (non-metallic). veggie), tin foil (clean). metallic wrap, paper towels.The 2021 Waste Reduction and Conservation Calendar is a project of the City Waste Management Division. We wish to acknowledge and thank our partners, who continue to support this publication through their input and financial contributions: City Public Works Division City Transportation Division City Environmental Protection City Urban Forestry PUG - Water Division Front Cover P-12-831-19 | October 26, 1951 Opening Ceremony for City Hall Back Cover P-120771-2 | October, 1964 Aerial view of Chemong Road (Brookdale Plaza prominent) looking north Made with Supreme Silk 30% Post Consumer paper. Made in Canada Calendar Designed by wedesign wedesigngroup.ca
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