Help Reduce Household Waste this Holiday Season
As Christmas often brings additional household waste, the Town of Ponoka is encouraging citizens to compost and recycle as much as possible this holiday season in an effort to help divert waste from the landfill.Recycling:
The following are recyclable holiday items that can be placed in a clear or transparent bag at the curb to be recycled on collection day:
- Cardboard boxes;
- Greeting cards and envelopes;
- Clean aluminum pie plates;
- Plastic food dishes labelled with symbols #1 through #7; and
- Wrapping paper that is non-glossy, non-metallic, not shiny or does not have a plastic coating.
For a full list of ‘accepted items’ that can be recycled, please click here. Please note that citizens must clean all recyclable items before disposing.
Compost:
Compostable items that can be placed in Ponoka’s 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.
Please do not put plastics, recyclables or household garbage in the green carts, such as diapers, tin cans, chunks of wood, plastic bags, etc.
A complete list of items that can be composted in your green cart, please click here.
Curbside Waste Collection:
Collection days that fall on a statutory holiday will still receive service on that day, with the exception of Christmas Day. If you live in Zone 2 and your regular collection date is December 25, collection will happen on December 26 or December 27.