Curbside Cart Program

Follow these tips for using your black garbage cart successfully:

• Bag all garbage to reduce odours and deter wildlife
• Dog waste and cat litter in bags is accepted 
• Human waste and honey bucket waste is not accepted
• Close the lid of your cart completely
• Properly place cart out for pick-up before 7:00 am on collection day
• Return your cart to your property after pick-up

The curbside cart program requires proper placement of your cart. View the following maps and diagram to know how to place your cart:

• Cart Placement (Regular and Back Alley)

  What to look out for, when you are leaving your cart(s) out for collection

• Cart Placement (Selected Cul-de-Sacs, Courts, and Crescents)

  If you live in a cul-de-sac, your cart(s) will have special placement.

Please note: Under the Solid Waste Management By-Law, garbage and compost carts can be placed at the appropriate collection location after 6:00 pm the night before collection or before 7:00 am the morning of collection to ensure that the cart is collected.

The City of Yellowknife has painted lines in cul-de-sacs to improve cart placement for the black and green carts. Residents are asked to place their carts inside one painted box with the wheels placed against the back of the box. Proper placement will help ensure that the contents of your cart are collected. Carts must be placed for pick-up prior to 7:00 am on collection day.

 

The City of Yellowknife needs your cooperation to ensure snow removal and garbage/compost collection is a smooth process.

Streets must be clear of obstacles for operators to perform snow removal in the early hours of the morning. Signs are placed 24 hours in advance in areas of snow removal to inform residents that snow removal will be taking place. The City would also like to remind residents that once garbage carts have been emptied, they are to be returned to your property as soon as possible. This will ensure streets are clear for snow road removal and maintenance.

The City appreciates your assistance in this matter to ensure a smooth snow removal transition.

Residential garbage and compost cart pick-up is on a bi-weekly collection schedule. You can verify the collection schedule for your address at the bottom of this page. If your curbside cart was indeed not emptied on the correct date, please submit a ticket for "Curbside Cart Maintenance" via the Click and Fix YK reporting system.

Green cart for the win! Utilize your green compost cart for all of the food waste from your household kitchen to reduce waste in your black garbage cart. Visit the Composting page for a list of acceptable materials/items for the green compost cart. 

Recycling plastics, glass, cardboard and paper is extremely important in reducing waste. The City of Yellowknife has provided endless access recycling blue bin stations throughout the City.

Effort to reuse and repurpose items as well as trying to avoid buying single-use items such as plastic cutlery, straws, plates and cups can make a huge difference in your garbage waste!