Ottawa’s new 3-item garbage limit begins Sept. 30, with three month phase in on enforcement [Video]

Ottawa households have one final garbage pickup this week or next week before the city’s new three-item garbage limit takes effect.

Starting September 30, all households will be limited to three items of curbside waste every two weeks. Residents with garbage collection this week will be the first households to face the new three-item limit when the new rules take effect in two weeks.

“There will continue to be no limit to how much residents can set out through curbside recycling and green bins,” the city says.

The city will phase in enforcement of the new three-item limit over three months, with only three items collected starting in December. In October, all items will be collected, with staff leaving a non-compliance tag at a home over the three item limit.  

The City of Ottawa is introducing the new three-item limit in a bid to “reduce unnecessary waste” heading to the …