Green Carts are collected once every week on your collection day.

Green Cart information

• Line your Cart with newspapers, paper bags or certified compostable bags with the BPI logo. Learn more about Green Cart liners.
• Remove additional locking mechanisms before collection (e.g., bungee cords).
• Only put your Green Cart out for collection. Do not put Kitchen Catchers at the curb.
• Take food out of plastic bags and containers before putting them in the Green Cart.
• Keep your Green Cart clean. Rinse regularly with hot water and soap.
• Put only food and compostable paper in your Green Cart. Remove stickers and elastic bands from fruit and vegetables before putting them in the Green Cart.

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Acceptable Green Cart materials

• All food waste including fruits and vegetables, candy, shells, meat and bones, baked goods, fats, oils and sauces, etc.
• Paper products including paper rolls, paper egg cartons, paper plates and cups, paper towels and tissues, paper bags, paper frozen dinner trays, coffee filters.
• Other items including dryer lint, feathers, hair, houseplants, wooden popsicle sticks, wooden chopsticks, sawdust and wood ashes (in paper bags), shredded paper.

Printable list of acceptable items (PDF file).

The printable list of acceptable items is also available in other languages:

• French version of printable list of acceptable items (PDF file)
• Spanish version of printable list of acceptable items (PDF file)
• Polish version of printable list of acceptable items (PDF file)
• Punjabi version of printable list of acceptable items (PDF file)
• Urdu version of printable list of acceptable items (PDF file)
• Simplified Chinese version of printable list of acceptable items (PDF file)

Put Waste in it's Place

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Pick up a new Green Cart

Halton residents may pick up an additional Green Cart from one of the following locations:

• Halton Waste Management Site
  5400 Regional Road 25, Milton
  Open: Monday - Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Halton Regional Centre
  1151 Bronte Road, Oakville
  Open: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Halton North Operations
  8140 Fifth Line, Georgetown
  Open: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Robert C. Austin Operations Centre
  11620 Trafalgar Rd, Georgetown
  Open: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

To ensure availability, dial 311 before visiting any of the sites noted above.

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Replace a broken Green Cart

Broken Green Carts can be returned for a free exchange to:

• Halton Waste Management Site
  5400 Regional Road 25, Milton
  Open: Monday - Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Halton Regional Centre
  1151 Bronte Road, Oakville
  Open: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Robert C. Austin Operations Centre
  11620 Trafalgar Rd, Georgetown
  Open: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Broken Green Carts are recycled into new containers.

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Green Cart liners

If you choose to line your Green Cart with bags, use only acceptable Green Cart liners.

Not all liners sold in stores are acceptable for use in Halton’s Green Cart program.

If purchasing liners, buy only certified compostable liners with the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) logo on the box as shown here:

Acceptable Green Cart liners

Not all acceptable liners are listed (this is a sample listing only).

• BioBag 100% Compostable
• BIOSAK Compostable Brown Bags
• Bio-Life
• Bag-to-Earth Paper Food Waste Bags (paper bags do not require the BPI logo)
• Glad 100% Compostable
• Husky EcoGuard Compostable
• Selection Eco Compostable Bags and Liners
• Greencare Compostable Bin Liners
• Compost-A-Bag
• Tuffguy Compostable Kitchen Organics Bags
• Likewise Compostable Bin Liners
• Great Value Compostable Kitchen Bags
• Natur Force 100% Compostable Bags
• No Name Compostable Kitchen Bags, Compostable Green Bin Liners
• Rona ECO Compostable Bags
• Natura Compostable Organics Bin Liners
• AL-PACK Compostable Bags
• up&up Compostable Bags
• Snappy Compostable Organics Bin Liners

Unacceptable Green Cart liners

The following bags are not accepted in the Green Cart:

• Plastic shopping or produce bags
• Garbage bags
• Plastic green or blue recycling bags
• Oxo-biodegradable plastic bags

Printable list of acceptable Green Cart liners (PDF file).

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