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Commercial business, condominiums, apartment buildings, and places of worship must register with the Waste Diversion Supervisor at curbit@stjohns.ca or by calling 311 or 754 CITY (2489). We can assist you with educating staff/ residents of the building as well as offer suggestions on creative ways to handle recycling. We will provide a sample of blue bags and all the information you will need to get started.
The same rules and regulations will apply as single-family dwellings:
- Waste is placed to the curb between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. on the collection day
- Automated garbage areas must use the provided City issued cart for garbage collection and properly place cart on collection day
- In non-automated collection areas there are 4 bags or less of garbage
- There is no limit on the number of bags of recycling
- Yard waste must be in paper yard waste bags
- Each bag must be less than 50 pounds
Institutions, Commercial and Industrial (ICI)
City does not have a program for collecting any wastes from ICI EXCEPT from those properties that can work within the framework of normal collections
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- One cart assigned for property
- Sorted blue bags at curb
- Yard waste in brown bags
- There is no separate recycling or yard waste programs for these properties. We must collect their garbage to qualify for either recycling or yard waste
Multi-Family Dwellings (including apartment buildings and condos)
Multi-Family properties include apartment and condominium buildings with more than 5 water units. We will collect from these properties if they can work within the framework of normal collections
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- One cart assigned for each water unit to a maximum of five carts total
- Sorted blue bags at curb
- Yard waste in brown bags
There is a recycling program available for MF properties if they meet certain criteria.
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- Located along collection route
- Agree to follow framework of curbside recycling requirements (ie sorted blue bags placed at curb, uncollected blue bags will be brought back away from curb)
- Designated contact for program that City can reach
There is no garbage or yard waste programs for MF properties
Places of Worship
We can provide up to 5 garbage carts to these properties upon request IF they are located on an existing collection route.
Places of Workshop must submit a waste management plan that shows they are committed to reducing and diverting waste.