General

Companies providing landscaping service to Vaughan resident’s, are required to comply with all aspects of the City’s waste collection program (By-law 217-2010)

Specific to leaf and yard waste material, this includes:

• Use of proper containers
• Designated open top rigid containers such as a regulation sized garbage container marked ‘leaf and yard waste’
• Kraft paper bags designed for leaf and yard waste material

• Branches
• Branches that do no fit into an approved container must be securely bundled. Bundles cannot exceed 1.5 m (5ft.) in length and 0.6 m (2 ft.) in diameter. Individual branches cannot exceed 10 cm (4 in.) in diameter

• Collection Time
• Waste materials are to be set out for collection no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before collection and no later than 7:00 a.m. the day of collection. Collection times are subject to change without notice.

• Weight Limit
• The weight of any waste receptacle, including its contents, and/or bundled material, shall not exceed 20.4 kg (45 lbs.)

Non acceptable set outs will be left by the contractor. Fines may be issued for non compliance.

Asian Long Horned Beetle Collection Restrictions

The City of Vaughan continues to work with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to monitor the outbreak of the Asian Long-horned Beetle (ALHB). As of the date of this letter, the ALHB Regulated Area (in Vaughan) is delineated by Hwy. 27 to the west, Rutherford Rd. to the north, Dufferin St. to the east and Steeles Ave. to the south.

While the insect presents no threat to public health, the beetle does pose a significant threat to Canada's hardwood trees and forests. The larvae feed within tree trunks and limbs and will eventually kill the trees.

In order to stop the spread of the ALHB, parts of Toronto and Vaughan that have been affected by the ALHB are federally regulated via the 'Infested Place Order, 2004'. Under this Ministerial Order, the movement of firewood, nursery stock, trees, branches, logs, fall leaves, lumber, wood chips and bark from ALHB regulated area is prohibited by law without the written consent of the CFIA. Moving the material could spread the Asian Long-horned Beetle (ALHB).

For permission to move regulated material, please contact the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342. For more information about the ALHB, refer to the CFIA's website at www.inspection.gc.ca.

For information about the disposal options for leaf and yard material (both inside and outside the ALHB Regulated Area), please contact the York Region at 1-877-464-9675 or visit www.york.ca/waste.