CITY COMPOST DEPOTS CLOSE THIS FRIDAY AFTER SUCCESSFUL SEASON

The City’s two compost depots will be closing for the season on Friday, November 6. Residents still have time to bring their unbagged Halloween pumpkins, leaves, grass and non-elm branches to one of the sites until the end of the week. The sites will remain closed throughout the winter season until opening in spring of 2016.

West – Highway 7 Depot, located at the junction of Highway 7 and 11th Street West. Open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
East – Highway 5 Depot, located off Highway 5 by the junction of Highway 41 and Zimmerman Road. Open Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Please note that vehicles will not be admitted into the East depot after 4:45 p.m. or the West depot after 5:45 p.m.

More than 43,000 loads of yard waste were hauled to the compost depots from April 13 to October 29 this year. The City wishes to thank residents for using the free compost depots. Thanks to your efforts, we have been able to divert a considerable amount of materials from our landfill.

The compost depots will re-open in April, 2016. For more information, including the types of material accepted, visit saskatoon.ca/compost.

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