Curbside green bin organics collection is available to urban area households.
Using your green bin or backyard composter helps reduce the amount of waste sent to our landfill.
Much of the waste we produce of at home is organic and food waste and should be composted. Using your green bin each week if you are in the urban area, or in your backyard composter, diverts this organic material from the garbage and saves valuable landfill space.
Our community can also deliver residential organics to the following Waste Facilities at no charge:
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Organic material needs oxygen to properly break down into soil and will not break down in a landfill. Without oxygen, organic material buried in a landfill produces methane gas.
Organics in the green bin are taken to our Gravenhurst Composting site and turned into compost.
Reduce odours and keep pests out.
Green bins are designed to reduce odours and keep racoons and other rodents out with its secure lockable handle feature. When closed properly, it should be as secure as your regular garbage can.
To make it even more pest-proof, you can:
- Use a bungee cord to hold the lid down even more (remember to remove it when you place the Green Bin at the curb)
- Rub vinegar on your Green Bin - the pests don't like the smell!
- Place your Green Bin to the curb on the morning of your collection day, not the night before
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Green bin collection is available for residential households only in the urban areas of Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Huntsville, Port Carling, Bala, Port Severn and MacTier. Visit our Find Your Collection Schedule page - if your collection day shows green bin collection, you are within the Green Bin service area and receive weekly green bin organics collection. For more information, please contact our office by email at publicworks@muskoka.on.ca or telephone at 705-645-6764 with your address and details. |
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