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CITY COMPOST DEPOTS ACCEPT HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS DURING LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON

For immediate release: October 30, 2014 - 6:00 pm
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The City’s two compost depots are scheduled to close for the season at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, November 7, as long as the weather cooperates.  Residents still have time to bring their unbagged Halloween pumpkins, leaves, grass and non-elm branches to one of the sites over the next week between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily.  The sites will remain closed throughout the winter season until opening in April 2015.

West – Highway 7 Depot, located at the corner of Highway 7 and 11th Street West
East – McOrmond Drive Depot, on McOrmond Drive, with access from 8th Street East

The west compost depot will reopen at the current Highway 7 site in April 2015, while there will be a new east compost depot announced.

For more information, including the types of material accepted, visit saskatoon.ca and look under “C” for Compost Depot.

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