Garbage and Recycling

Garbage is collected bi-weekly and Food/Yard Waste is collect weekly on your service day by Waste Management of Canada. See the updated Waste Management Guide for schedule and collection guidelines.

Call Waste Management at 604-520-7800 or email pnwbccmservices@wm.com.

Please contact the City of Pitt Meadows Public Works Department at 604-465-5454. Please note, recycling bins are provided by GFL Environmental, see 'Curbside Recycling' below for their contact information.

Residents can buy $5 tags at City Hall and Shoppers Drug Mart (Pitt Meadows branch) to have extra garbage or green waste picked up. Two tags per regular garbage/green waste service day allowed.

Keep plastic liners out of your Green Bin, even if they claim to be “compostable” or “biodegradable”. These items can cause operational problems and may not break down properly during processing. Instead, use paper bags or newspaper.

Read the City's bylaw for the collection and disposal of residential solid waste.

Curbside recycling is picked up once a week by GFL Environmental. See the Recycling Schedule.

Call GFL Environmental at 604-282-7967 or email srrecycle@gflenv.com.

Questions regarding replacement bins/bags should be directed to GFL at 604-282-7967 or srrecycle@gflenv.com.

The Recycling Guide outlines how to sort your recycling, shows what is not accepted, and includes a collection calendar.

Recycling Guide

Download the Recycle BC app to access your schedule, find depots, and receive reminders. For details, visit Recycle BC.

Read this informative article: https://recyclebc.ca/what-happens-to-my-recycling/. 

Visit pittmeadows.ca/illegal-dumping.

Effective January 1, 2023, more types of plastic and paper products are now accepted by Recycle BC! Learn more at https://recyclebc.ca/newitems/. 

Some of the waste we manage doesn't have to be there. Check out Metro Vancouver's resources to encourage a change in our approach to generating waste. Learn more: https://metrovancouver.org/services/solid-waste/reduction-reuse-programs. 

Renovating? Learn how to properly dispose of construction and demolition waste, including used drywall and gypsum. Once the drywall is doubled-bagged in the clear gypsum program bags, it can be dropped off at either Maple Ridge Recycling and Waste Centre or at New West Gypsum Recycling.  Pick is available through Green Coast Rubbish.

Large item pick up: Ridge Meadows Recycling provides a fee-for-pickup service and will pick up any large, recyclable item(s) within the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows area, including mattresses, fridges, freezers, stoves, furnaces, hot water tanks, barbeques, washers, dryers, TVs, computers, dishwashers, and other large appliances or electronics. Mattresses and other furniture items can also be picked up and recycled through Canadian Mattress Recycling for a fee. Disposal: Langley or Maple Ridge Recycling and Waste Centre.

TVs, computers, printers, small electronic appliances such as fans, vacuums, microwaves, foam packaging, cardboard, paint, light bulbs, textlines,  batteries and more can be returned to the Pitt Meadows Bottle & Return-It Depot.

Use the ‘recycle coach’ app or visit recyclebc.ca or metrovancouverrecycles.org.