Garbage day doesn't have to be complicated! To keep track of recycling weeks, yard waste collection days, household waste depot days, and even Christmas tree pickup days, the City prints a waste collection calendar each year and delivers it to every household in Ottawa.

To receive a hard copy, phone 3-1-1, e-mail us at 311@ottawa.ca or pick up a calendar at any one of the City's Client Service Centres.

Changes to the Rural Yard and Leaf Waste Collection

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Return your empty LCBO containers for refund to The Beer Store

All wine, beer and spirit containers greater than 100 ml in size purchased in Ontario on or after February 5, 2007, should be returned to The Beer Store for a full deposit refund. This includes glass bottles, bag-in-box, Tetra Pak containers, plastic bottles (PET), and aluminum and steel containers on which deposits have been charged. Find your local return location on the Ontario Deposit Return Program Web site at bagitback.ca.

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