Recycling to Resume on April 20: Notices for St. George’s Day Holiday

The City will offer recycling collection once a month until further notice.

For the next two weeks – April 20 to May 1 – the City of St. John’s will collect recycling at the curb.

Recycling will be collected on your regularly scheduled day; there is no limit to the number of bags you can put out for recycling. Recycling will be collected from Area A residents April 20-24 and Area B residents April 27-May 1.

The next recycling collection for Area A will be the week of May 19-22; Area B will next be collected May 25-29.

The decision to resume recycling was made to permit residents who have been storing their items for the past month to dispose of them without having to put recyclables in the garbage.

Please also note, on Monday, April 20 (St. George's Day):    

• Garbage collection for Area 1 will be proceed as per usual.
• Parking regulations will be enforced as Monday is not a Shops Closing holiday.
• Robin Hood Bay is open for commercial and municipal customers only on Monday; the Residential Drop-Off remains closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

All City offices, facilities, parks and playgrounds are closed due to COVID-19. For further information about the impact of COVID-19 on City services, please visit the City’s website.

Access St. John’s is available to residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling 311 or 709-754-CITY (2489) or online. Walk in service is not available at this time.