Green Cart

What is my collection day?

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

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.
The dimensions of Halton Region Green Carts are:
- 40cm length x 46cm width x 60cm height (with handle, height is 68cm)
- 15.5" length x 18" width x 24" height (with handle, height is 27cm)

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.

Unacceptable materials:

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

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.

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.

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.

Halton Region does not accept plastic products or plastic liners in the Green Cart.

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

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

The following bags are not accepted in the Green Cart: