City-wide Green Cart collection begins Monday, May 1
City-wide green cart collection will begin Monday, May 1 for every household that has rollout garbage and recycling carts. Green cart collection will alternate biweekly with black cart collection, so be sure to check your collection calendar. You can also check your collection dates, print your calendar or set collection reminders by visiting saskatoon.ca/greencart or downloading the Saskatoon Waste Wizard app.
Loraas has finalized an agreement to accept organic waste materials at its facility north of Saskatoon. This latest move is part of the contingency plan that was pre-set in the green cart contract the City has with Green Prairie Environmental (GPE).
Don’t forget to bring in your kitchen pails and start scraping your plates! The green cart can accept all food waste – even bones and egg shells – and most yard waste. More than half of what we throw in the garbage can go into the green cart. By diverting organic waste, we can delay the need for a new landfill, protect our environment, and create something useful – compost.
With collections for the green cart program starting in May, you will also have a new fee called Organics Charge on your utility bill. The monthly average utility fee is $6.73 for the green cart program. It's calculated using a rate of $0.2212 per day, so the amount on your bill may vary depending on the number of days in the month. The monthly fee covers collection of food and yard waste from your home, sorting and processing of material, providing cart maintenance and education, bylaw and program support.
If you are an eligible household and have not received your green cart or kitchen pail, please contact Corporate Revenue at 306-975-2400. For more information about green carts, please visit saskatoon.ca/greencart.