Small kitchen containers can be placed under your kitchen sink or counter for easy access. Always tie and secure bags before placing in your green bin. 

1. Line your kitchen container with any plastic bag. You do not need to use compostable bags. 
2. Put in all your food waste, paper towels, household plants, even a pizza box (soften with water and fold).
3. Keep a kitchen container in the bathroom for tissues, empty toilet paper rolls and sanitary products. Remember to remove all plastic packaging first.
4. For more items that go in your green bin use the  What Goes Where Search Tool to help you recycle right and recycle more!

Organics recycling is one of the easiest things you can do to help our environment. Keeping organic waste out of landfill reduces the methane that contributes to greenhouse gases. 

Make the most of your green bin:

1. Use any plastic bag to line your kitchen container or green bin.
2. Make sure your green bin weighs less than 18 kilograms; lid is fully closed.
3. Put excess organic material in a clear bag, place beside your green bin.
4. Keep critters away:
   1. Clean your green bin regularly; dish soap, vinegar or baking soda works well.
   2. Set out on the morning of your collection day, not the night before.

You can buy green bins and kitchen containers at any Markham Recycling Depot.

Visit the Recycling Depots & Drop Off Centres homepage to find your closest Markham Recycling Depot.

Note: Only broken or damaged Markham-branded green bins and kitchen containers can be exchanged at the Markham Recycling Depots. $5.50 fee applies.

Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, green bin and kitchen containers are temporarily unavailable at these locations: 

• Community Centres 
  • Angus Glen Community Centre
  • Centennial Community Centre
  • Milliken Mills Community Centre
  • Thornhill Community Centre

Green Bin $25.00

Kitchen Container $10.50

Payment

You can pay by cheque or debit/credit card.

Markham's Green Bin Program handles food waste, food-soiled paper and personal hygiene products. Your organic waste is collected every week at the curb and delivered to composting facilities for processing. The final compost is then used as soil nutrient by local agriculture and horticulture operations.

The Region of York manages the processing of the organic material from Markham's green bins. Learn more by visiting York Region's Green Bin Organics Program Homepage.