Use the tool above to find your personal collection days and search for specific items to know where they fit in the curbside collection program.
You can access these features whenever you want with the RecycleCoach app on your mobile device. You can use the app to:
- Get alerts for your collection schedule.
- Use the ‘What Goes Where’ search to see what’s accepted at the curb.
- Participate in Way Less Waste activities.
Download the RecycleCoach app to your phone
Resource:
Click here for your 2025 Curbside Collection Calendar. (Printable)
Get to know our curbside collection program
Food Waste |
We collect food waste each and every week. Use the District-provided kitchen catcher (provided one time only) to keep your food waste until you can move it to your curbside food waste Green Bin.
Here's What's Accepted
About your Green Bins and kitchen catchersYour curbside Green Bin must be:
Green bins and kitchen catchers can be lined with:
Please ensure that your compostable bags say ‘compostable’ on the bag or box. Plastic bags and bags labeled ‘biodegradable’ are not accepted in your green bin. Your food waste will not be collected if unacceptable materials are in your Green Bin. |
Garbage |
Regular garbage pick-up occurs on alternating weeks from your recycling collection days.
Collection information
About your garbage bins
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Recycling |
Recycling collection occurs on alternating weeks from your garbage collection days.
About your recycling binsA blue bin was provided by the District for the program launch and is to stay with the house, even when you move.
What is accepted at the curb
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Yard Waste |
Yard waste is collected every other Monday from May to November.
A maximum of six (6) bins/bags are allowed for collection. Please set your yard waste out by 8:00 a.m. on your collection day. Do not set it out the night before. Our curbside collection calendar is on our home WayLessWaste page here. About your yard waste binsAcceptable yard waste containers include:
Plastic bags are not allowed for yard waste collection, even if they are labeled compostable or biodegradable. Invasive Species (And How to Manage Them)Invasive species can threaten biodiversity, increase soil erosion, and can even destroy infrastructure like concrete and asphalt. Please do not dispose of any invasive plant by dumping trimmings or pulled plants in your yard, in the bush, or elsewhere. Proper disposal is required to help prevent further spread. What should you do if you have invasive species on your property?
Do not put invasive species in with your yard waste. Click here for common invasive species in British Columbia. Report suspected invasive species to WayLessWaste@kitimat.ca, please include a photo and location. |
Local Recycling Centres
Kitimat’s local recycling centres take glass, foam, refundable bottles and cans, and more. Use RecycleCoach to find out what to return to which place, or drop by today.
- Kitimat Understanding the Environment (KUTE) (314 Railway Ave.)
- Encorp Return-It bottle depot (428 Enterprise Ave.)
For more questions about the District of Kitimat's waste collection program, please email waylesswaste@kitimat.ca.
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