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The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) will be supplying three (3) carts to all homes receiving curbside collection service. The RDOS provides curbside collection for properties in Electoral Areas “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, “E”, “F”, “G”, and “I” and the Village of Keremeos. All participating properties will receive new carts for garbage, recycling, and yard waste in June 2025. Garbage will continue to be collected weekly. To view a recording of an online Open House event that took place in November 2024, please click here. There may be options for non-compatible cans, bins and carts to be recycled or reused closer to the start date of July 2025.

The standard-size carts below will be delivered in June 2025, unless a Cart Change-out Form was completed. The deadline to complete a Cart Change-out Form was December 13, 2024.

• 120 litre garbage
• 240 litre recycle
• 240 litre yard waste

Currently owned carts

If you already own a cart that you think may fit within the specifications, please email solidwaste@rdos.bc.ca as soon as possible with your name, address, photo(s), and description of your cart(s) to be considered as a customer-supplied container. The carts will need to be individually evaluated to ensure they are compatible with collection. After your cart is approved to be adopted into curbside collection, you will receive a one-time rebate towards the cost of collection, the cart will be owned by the RDOS, and it must remain at your property if you move. If your carts are larger than the standard size (120 litre garbage, 240 litre recycle, 240 litre yard waste), the RDOS will begin charging you the applicable fees for any additional waste volume. The cost for upsized or additional carts applies whether is it supplied by the resident or the RDOS.

Renting carts from Waste Connections

If you currently rent your carts from Waste Connections and would like to continue using the same carts, no action is needed from you. Waste Connections and the RDOS will coordinate transferring the ownership of the carts to the RDOS starting July 2025 and Waste Connections will stop billing you the rental fees. If your carts are larger than the standard size (120 litre garbage, 240 litre recycle, 240 litre yard waste), the RDOS will begin charging you the applicable fees for any additional waste. An RDOS staff member will visit and evaluate your carts before July 2025 and, if approved, apply an RDOS branded sticker and an identification tag. After July 2025, if your cart suffers wear and tear or accidental damage, it will be replaced at no cost by the RDOS. The cart will remain at your property if you move.

Stratas or mobile home parks

If you are representing an entire mobile home park or strata and have concerns about cart collection, please contact the RDOS. Individual households in a mobile home park or strata are asked to contact the property manager to discuss concerns.

More information below

Please see the ‘Frequently asked questions’ drop-down section below for more in-depth information. For further information, please email solidwaste@rdos.bc.ca or call the Solid Waste Hotline at 250-490-4129. As a high number of calls are anticipated, staff will return messages as they are received.