Green Cart Biweekly Pick Up Starts November 1

Beginning November 1, curbside pick-up of green carts in will switch to the winter schedule, with collection happening every second week until the end of April 2025.

What Goes in My Green Cart?

Compostable items that can be placed in the green carts include most kitchen food waste, coffee grounds, cooking oil, eggshells, poultry bones, shellfish, tea bags, certified compostable food containers, food-soiled newsprint and cardboard, facial tissue, food-soiled paper towels and napkins, and leaves.

Please do not put plastics, recyclables or household garbage in the green carts. For example, no diapers, tin cans, chunks of wood or plastic bags please.

For a complete list of what items are ‘accepted’ and ‘not accepted’ in your green cart, please visit the Town of Ponoka’s website at www.ponoka.ca/p/green-carts. 

To view the 2024 Waste Collection Calendar, please visit www.ponoka.ca/p/waste-management

Waste Transfer Station Switches to Winter Hours

Starting on November 1, the Waste Transfer Station will also switch to winter hours, which are Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed on statutory holidays).

For more information about the Town of Ponoka curbside waste collection program and the Waste Transfer Station, please visit www.ponoka.ca/p/waste-management or call 403-783-4431.