Or, in the meantime, you can either bring yard waste material to the Waste Control Transfer Station to recycle, at the standard rates, as long as the yard waste is separated from any other household garbage. Or, you can place the material directly into your green garbage container. Please do not place your yard waste material in plastic bags. 

Please do not place your yard waste, tree clippings, overgrown vegetation or larger woody debris in the alley behind your property. It is ultimately your responsibility as owner or occupant of the property to maintain that portion of the alleyway that fronts your property. If these items are dumped behind your property, you may receive a notice from the city to have the debris removed and disposed properly. 
 

Yard waste is:

• Decorative cornstalks
• Fallen fruit from trees
• Leaves
• Pumpkins
• Sticks & twigs less than 18 inches long
• Tree trimmings
• Yard and garden trimmings

When you mow your lawn, leave the grass clippings on the grass. This is called Grasscycling. Grasscycling reduces water Decorative cornstalks
Yard and garden trimmingsand returns nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, back into the soil. Mowing time is reduced since bagging and disposal of clippings is eliminated. 

For more information on composting and grasscycling: 

http://greenactioncentre.ca/reduce-your-waste/grasscycling/

http://www.thelawninstitute.org/pages/environment/best-management-practices/mowing-grasscycling/

IF APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER COMPOSTING YOUR YARD WASTE