Yellow bags are needed soon for extra garbage in Ottawa

A new yellow City of Ottawa garbage bag can be seen. (City of Ottawa)

Posted Oct 29, 2024 03:53:33 PM.

Last Updated Oct 29, 2024 03:56:45 PM.

Starting on Monday if households are above the new three-item garbage bag limit residents can use a yellow bag instead.

If the three-garbage bag limit is exceeded and there is no yellow bag, an item will be left behind with a note, a city press release reads. By December, any bags over the limit that are not in the yellow bag will be left at the curb.

This is a part of Ottawa’s goal to lower the number of garbage items reducing build-up at the Trail Road Waste Facility and greenhouse gases. There are no limits on recycling or composting.

Bags are sold in packages of four for $17.60. There are no limits on the number of yellow bags out on the curb or the number purchased.

“Keep in mind that large bulky items and furniture cannot be bagged,” a city press release notes.

Here’s where to buy the yellow Ottawa garbage bags:

Beacon Hill Home Hardware, 1934 Montreal Rd. (located in Ogilvie Square)
Bridlewood Home Hardware, 90 Michael Cowpland Dr.
Capital Home Hardware, 736 Bank St.
Elmvale Acres Home Hardware, 1910 St. Laurent Blvd. (located in Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre)
Leitrim Home Hardware, 4836 Bank St.
Manotick Home Hardware, 1166 Beaverwood Rd. (located in the Mews of Manotick)
Morris Home Hardware, 1226 Wellington St.
Orléans Home Hardware, 470 Charlemagne Blvd.
Stittsville Home Hardware, 6001 Hazeldean Rd.
Trudel Home Hardware, 329 March Rd.
Richmond BMR, 6379 Perth St.