Once you move into your new place, you will want to keep track of how to dispose of your garbage. This is an important part of being a new tenant and can often seem overly complicated at first.
Stick to the Schedule
On assigned garbage days, bring all of your garbage outside to the street. Sticking to your schedule is a very important part of being a responsible student in the Windsor. Part of having the privilege of living in your own space means upholding the responsibilities expected of you.
Use the City of Windsor website to locate which day is your garbage collection day recycling and yard waste. We recommend writing down the date or adding it into your calendar on your mobile device so you will never forget to take out the garbage.
The city collects hard-sided containers of garbage every week. You need to take out this container by 6 a.m. on the assigned day. Set an alarm so you wake up early in the morning, or take out the container the night before. It collects hard-sided containers of paper products, and a separate hard-sided containers for all recyclables every other week. There is no organic collection in Windsor currently.
You do not want to miss any days because any excess garbage that might be collected at a later date will be ticketed by the city and result in a fine that will cost you anywhere between $200 and $500.
We do not want you to take this responsibility lightly. We have seen many students charged with this fine and the financial cost sets them back quite a bit. So, please do remember to take out your garbage and avoid any unnecessary fines.
What is Defined as Garbage?
- Paper Box – Papers Placed loose (not in a bag) in the bin.
- Newspapers, flyers, junk mail, envelopes & magazines
- Telephone books
- Books (hard-covers removed)
- Boxboard (e.g. cereal & cracker boxes)
- Paper egg cartons and toilet paper & paper towel tubes
- Tetra-Pak containers
- Paper milk & juice cartons and boxes
- Paper coffee cups (lids removed and placed in blue box)
- Cardboard: flatten boxes and cut down to 3 feet x 2 feet. Pieces may be bundled and tied with string, bundles no larger than 3 feet x 2 feet x 8 inches.
- Garbage – All other waste including plastic bags.
- You may place container of garbage at your curb for pick up per week. Containers must weigh no more than 44 lbs (20 kgs) and have a maximum volume of 135 litres.
- Blue Box – Metal, plastic and glass food and beverage containers as well as rigid plastic packaging for recycling placed loose (not in a bag) in the bin.
The Paper and blue box is collected every other week.