Regional District of Central Okanagan

Municipal or regional government provides garbage collection service to most single-family homes within the City of Kelowna, Regional District and the Districts of Peachland, Lake Country and West Kelowna. Residents on Westbank First Nation Reserves #9 and #10 or Okanagan First nation Duck Lake Reserve #7 follow this link for information.

Apartment buildings and condominiums are required to provide their own waste collection system. If you live in a strata townhouse complex or mobile home park, your manager or strata council will have details regarding your waste collection system. Residents near Trader's Cove and along North Westside Road use waste transfer stations (Information Link).

The following information applies to residents receiving municipal waste collection only.

Regulations

Garbage must be set out for collection by 7:00 am on your collection day.
If you've received your new wheeled collection carts, place your garbage loosely into the cart with the grey lid and wheel it to the curb on your collection day. Please ensure contents are completely covered by the lid and materials are not sticking out.
If you have yet to receive your wheeled carts, please continue to put out up to 2 bags/containers of garbage per household each week, not weighing more than 23 kilograms each. This is roughly equal to two green garbage bags or containers, or one full orange bag.
Two extra bags/containers will be collected if they are tagged with special Tag-a-Bag stickers.
There are two local landfills available for additional waste disposal. Items that must not be put into garbage.

Schedule

To determine your garbage collection day, view a map of your area, contact the waste hauler for your area, or call the Regional Waste Reduction Office at 250-469-6250. You may also use the website online map system to determine your regular curbside garbage and recycling collection day. Follow the link to the RDCO Web Maps and follow the directions.

Holiday Schedule

There will be no garbage collection on Friday, December 25, 2009 and Friday, January 1, 2010. As a result, garbage collection that would normally occur on Friday, December 25th will instead take place on Saturday, December 26th and garbage collection normally scheduled for Friday, January 1st, will be picked up on Saturday, January 2nd.

Garbage collection service remains the same for any other statutory holidays throughout the year (Easter, Thanksgiving, Canada Day, etc).

Missed Garbage

If your garbage wasn't picked up on your collection day, contact OK Environmental Waste Systems, (250) 868-3211.

Garbage - Band Lands

For information on garbage collection for homes on Westbank First Nation lands (Reserves #9 and #10) contact the Band office at (250) 769-4999. Information for garbage collection on Okanagan First Nation Duck Lake Reserve #7 is available by contacting the Band office at 250-542-4328.