Commercial Businesses, Condos & Apartments

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

• • 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

• • 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.

• • 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.