Green Bin

You can put any of these items in your green bin:

• Animal bedding
• Butcher paper
• Coffee filters/grounds/tea bags
• Confidential papers/bills
• Fast food paper packaging
• Flowers – dried/fresh cut
• Grease/lard/cooking oil (never pour down the drain)
• Meat absorbent pads
• Microwave popcorn bags
• Muffin paper
• Soiled paper products (plates, cups, egg cartons, pizza boxes)
• Paper towels/napkins
• Shredded paper (place excess in a clear bag beside green bin)

Do Not Put These items in Your Green Bin

You can't put these items in the green bin:

• Artificial flowers and plants
• Ashes
• Baby wipes, disposable mop sheets
• Candles
• Cigarette butts
• Cotton balls, ear cleaners and makeup removal pads
• Dead animals
• Dryer lint or dryer sheets
• Gum
• Styrofoam
• Plastic wrap and baggies
• Wax paper
• Vacuum cleaner bags and contents

Make the most of your green bin!

• Write your address on your green bin with a permanent marker. This will make it easier for someone to return it to you if it blows away.
• Any plastic bag can be used to line your small kitchen container. Just tie the bag when it’s full and put it into your green bin.
• Extra organic material can be put in a clear bag and placed beside your green bin at the curb.
• Your green bin must weigh less than 18 kilograms
• Yard material and grass clippings do not go in the green bin. Mulch the grass and leave it on the lawn.

Keep Critters Away!

• Never use hot sauce or any kind of burning liquid in your green bin. This can injure our collection crews, pets, and wildlife.
• Clean your green bin regularly with vinegar or baking soda.
• Freeze food scraps to reduce odours and pests.
• Keep the container lid tightly closed and do not overfill.
• Try not to put your green bin out at night. Set it at the curb by 7 AM on the morning of your collection day.

Broken “Markham” green bins can be exchanged for a new one at a Markham Recycling Depot. $5.50 fee applies.

You can buy a new green bin or kitchen container at:

• Markham's Recycling Depots
  
• Community Centres:
  
  • Angus Glen Community Centre
  • Centennial Community Centre
  • Milliken Mills Community Centre
  • Thornhill Community Centre

Green Bin $23.50

Kitchen Container $8.50

Payment

You can only pay by cheque or debit.

The Region of York processes Markham's Green Bin organics. Find out more about York Region's Green Bin organics processing.