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Waste Collection Schedule & Sorting Guide 2017

In the Region of Queens, waste collection is every second week as indicated on your 2017 Waste Collection Schedule. Green carts, blue bags and garbage bags are picked up on the same day.

Place materials into the grey community garbage boxes by 8:00am on collection day. Collection occurs on Continue reading Waste Collection Schedule & Sorting Guide 2017

Fall Clean-up 2016

Fall clean-up (Sperrgut) for the FoxCreek community takes place in the week starting Monday, October 24th, 2016.

Place items next to the grey community garbage boxes by Monday morning.

Generally, items acceptable for pick-up are over-sized items and items not regularly collected on your regular collection day. These items shall not exceed 150 lbs. in weight or 6 feet in length.

Not allowed are:

  • adhesives
  • gasoline & diesel fuels
  • insecticides & pesticides
  • waste oil
  • cleaners & solvents
  • paints/stains, finishes & paint thinners
  • propane tanks
  • pool chemicals
  • roofing tar
  • electronics
  • building demolition waste
  • leaf & yard waste

Please keep your regular household garbage (green bags, blue bags, cardboard and compost) separate from the fall clean-up items.

Remember that shopping/grocery bags are NOT allowed as garbage bags!

See here for more details.

Spring Clean-Up 2016

Spring clean-up (Sperrgut) for the FoxCreek community takes place in the week starting Monday,  25-Apr-2015 on the regular collection day.

Place items next to the grey community garbage box by Monday morning.

Generally, items acceptable for pick-up are over-sized items and items not regularly collected on your regular collection day. These items shall not exceed 150lbs (68kg) in weight or 6ft (182cm) in length.

Items that will NOT be collected are Leaf and Yard Waste, Household Hazardous Waste, Building Demolition Waste, Tires, Propane Tanks and Electronics (Computers and TVs, etc.).

Please keep your regular household garbage (green bags), blue bags, cardboard and compost separate from the spring clean-up items.

DYK: What is a Leap Year?

A leap year has 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which has 365. Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year, and we add a Leap Day, an extra – or intercalary – day on February 29.

When is the next Leap Year?

The next Leap Year is 2016 – this year, so the next Leap Day falls on February 29, 2016. (The last Leap Day was on February 29, 2012.)

Why do we have Leap Years?

Leap Years are needed to keep our modern day Gregorian Calendar in alignment with the Earth’s revolutions around the sun. It takes the Earth Continue reading DYK: What is a Leap Year?