You can choose to start using the new carts right away or you may choose to continue using your old cans. Starting July 1st, you must use the new carts or your waste will not be collected.

Contact our Solid Waste Hotline to see if there was an error with the carts your property was supposed to receive. Check with your neighbours to make sure they did not take your carts by accident.

No, the evaluation process has completed. Any existing carts that were not evaluated cannot be used for regular curbside collection beginning July 1st. You may use them for unlimited yard waste collection days.

No, RDOS does not have a receiving area for carts. Any cart changes need to be coordinated by RDOS and are carried out by our collector.

The collector will collect carts from the same spot you place your garbage now. Make sure there is a metre in between carts.

Copies of curbside collection calendars are available here. Paper copies will be mailed with billing in July. If you need a paper copy before then, you may pick one up at your local municipal office.

Utility bills will see increases with the new automated cart collection contract. The cost of carts is included as cart debt servicing costs and applies to Areas D, E, F, and Village of Keremeos. Rebates for evaluated carts will be applied to bills soon. Check Fees and Charges bylaw for full information. Contact RDOS Finance Department

No, all eligible households must have curbside collection. Waste will not be collected if it is not in a cart.

No, only fill out the cart change-out form if you want to change the size of the carts you will receive.

Otherwise, you will receive the standard sizes that will fit the needs of most households.

At any time, you can upsize or upgrade the carts you will receive. A $45 change-out fee applies. Any change-out requests made after June 1st, may not receive the carts that were requested in the initial delivery. These requests will be changed-out after July 1st.

The carts will be delivered in June 2025, and residents should roll them to the collection point starting July 1, 2025.

No, garbage will still be collected weekly, and recycling and yard waste will alternate weeks.

Carts can be kept at the end of your driveway on your property, to be rolled to the collection point and filled with waste on the morning of your collection day. Please remember to not bag recycling and keep it loose in the cart.

Yes, there is an option in the cart change-out form to downsize your carts. You may also choose to not have a yard waste cart. The cost for curbside collection will remain the same.

Yard waste will only be collected if it is in the yard waste cart. There will be unlimited yard waste collection dates during periods of high accumulation, such as the spring and fall, when yard waste in paper bags will be accepted.

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

Options for seniors or people with physical challenges will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Contact the RDOS or visit the RDOS website to complete an accessibility application. Once approved, this would allow collection drivers to enter your property and move your carts to the curb.

Collection of food scraps is planned to begin once a regional composting facility is completed. For now, do not put food scraps in your yard waste bin. Food scraps belong in the garbage or in your personal composter.