2025 Holiday Garbage Collection
With the 2025 Holiday season fast approaching, the City of Corner Brook would like to advise residents of some small changes to our annual household garbage dropoff program. We would also like to remind you of our regular practices for garbage collection after holidays.
Here’s what remains the same:
– After a holiday such as Christmas or New Years, the number of bags allowed for household curb-side pick-up is SIX rather than the usual four.
– There is no limit to the number of bags of recyclables you can put curb-side.
– Christmas Tree pickup will take place from Friday, January 2nd (Day 2, Blue) to Thursday, January 8th (Day 1, Purple).
Dumpster bins will be available if people require them for pickup days that have been bumped. They’ll be available at the Civic Centre parking lot on December 27th and December 28th ONLY, and may occasionally be removed to be emptied throughout those two days.
Back again this year: The City has arranged to pay tipping fees at the WRWM Wild Cove Disposal facility for Corner Brook Residents from December 29th 2025 to January 3rd, 2026. A photo ID with a Corner Brook address will be required to prove residency in the City.
Remember, the Civic Centre bins and Wild Cove tipping will only be for regular household garbage. ie: What you would normally put out to the curb on your regular pickup days. For clarification on what counts as household garbage, please see Western Regional Waste Management’s site here: www.wrwm.ca. While all residents can take advantage, these two options are meant to be for residents with any excess waste due to garbage days being missed. Please use these options responsibly.
While we’re happy to take your Christmas trees at the end of the season, remember they can also provide necessary shelter for wildlife throughout the winter. Leaving them in the backyard until the spring and then chopping them up for a nice backyard fire is a great option. We will only accept REAL trees, fake trees must be disposed of as a part of your regular household garbage.
Finally, don’t forget our new waste collection and dual-stream sorting program for recycling will begin mid-January! In this new program, regular household waste will be collected by our new automated garbage trucks. Recycling will be collected each week, alternating week-to-week between containers one week and fibres the next week. Information and a sorting guide will be included with your garbage schedules.
