For missed curbside collection, please contact the curbside contractor, Waste Connections of Canada (provide your address and contact information). Do not leave garbage or recycling at the curb overnight. 

• If collection was missed because the carts were not at the curb in time, check the curbside calendar for the next collection date and place out then.

• Email: CSR-Penticton-Osoyoos@WasteConnections.com
• Phone: 250-490-3888

When collections are missed due to poor road conditions contact Waste Connections to learn if they are picking up all curbside materials later that day, the next day, or if all missed collection, or just garbage is to be placed out with your next scheduled curbside collection day. If curbside will be collected the next day, please do not leave curbside garbage or recycling at the curb overnight. Every effort is made to ensure waste collection services occur at the scheduled time, but during snowfall events your waste collection may be deferred to the next regularly scheduled pick-up day.

• If missed curbside garbage is to be picked up with the next scheduled curbside collection day, your missed weekly limit garbage and your regular week's garbage will be collected. 

Rural road maintenance, including snow removal and sanding –  Roads in rural areas are contracted to AIM Roads under the Ministry of Transportation and Transit to provide road maintenance, snow removal and sanding services for rural roads. During snowfall events highways and emergency routes are prioritized for clearing, followed next by bus routes, and lastly by arterial routes and secondary roads. If collection trucks cannot safely reach certain areas that have not been plowed or sanded, curbside collection may be postponed. Please note that some roads are maintained privately, and not by AIM Roads. 

• Email: aimcommunications.ca@acciona.com 

• Phone: 1-866-222-4204 

Curbside collection times can vary and be any time from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Reasonable efforts are made to maintain a consistent weekly collection time. 

To report your cart as damaged, broken, stolen, or lost, please contact the Solid Waste Hotline. 

Click here to sign up for weekly curbside reminders and curbside alerts:   

• In the calendar widget, enter your address,
• When your address appears, click Get a reminder!, and select on one of the options on how you wish to be notified. If you only want updates about events such as weather delays, select Service Alerts and Informational Updates Only.
• Complete the required fields, then click Sign me up!

2025 Large Item Collection dates:

• Monday, April 7: Area “C” (rural Oliver), Town of Oliver for properties located north of Fairview Road and Park Drive
• Tuesday, April 8: Area “A” (rural Osoyoos), Town of Osoyoos
• Wednesday, April 9: Area “D” (Skaha East, Okanagan Falls) and Area “I” (Skaha West, Kaleden)
• Thursday, April 10: Area “E” (Naramata), Area “F” (West Bench, Red Wing), and Area “D” (Upper Carmi)
• Friday, April 11: Area “B” (Cawston), Area “G” (rural Keremeos), Village of Keremeos, Town of Oliver for properties located south of Fairview Road and Park Drive
• Monday, April 14 – Friday, April 18: City of Penticton (regular curbside collection day)
• Monday, June 16: Apex

Large Item Curbside Collection information sheet  (click to print or download to your computer)

The Large Item Collection is held on a specific day each spring and allows each home receiving Curbside pick-up to place out two items per year for residential pickup. See the information sheet for more information.

Acceptable items such as furniture, mattresses and appliances are listed below, and in the above information sheet. For the annual pickup date for your area please consult your curbside calendar. 

What is Accepted:

Maximum 2 items per household – maximum weight per item 90 kg (200lbs)

a)       Furniture such as couches, desks, chairs, entertainment centers with shelving, cat towers, bedframe rails secured with tape...;

b)      Mattress and box spring - placing out a mattress and a box spring would count as 2 items;

c)       Appliances accepted - dishwashers, microwaves, stoves, range hoods, washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners (no food left in appliances) (no hot water tanks);

a)       Older fridges and freezers with locking doors - for safety reasons, please remove door and shelves and place beside the unit for collection;

b)      Barbeques accepted when hoses, tanks, charcoal, and dripping tray container of oil is removed before placing to the curb; 

c)       Gym equipment accepted;

d)      Area carpets with a bound edge or fringe, rolled, taped securely, under 6 feet (1.8 meter);

e)       Blinds that are taped securely, cords removed, and under 6 feet (1.8 meter).

 Important note:  The Town of Osoyoos Large Item Collection curbside program does not accept items containing Freon (i.e. fridges, freezers, air conditioners).  For residents living in City of Penticton, Town of Oliver and Town of Osoyoos, please check your municipal curbside calendar for more details. 

When to place large item to the curb

• There is one scheduled curbside large item collection per year.
• Check your Curbside Calendar for Large Item Collection Date (generally in April each year).  
• Place out at regular garbage collection area before 7:00 am on scheduled week in a safe area at the curb
• Items will be picked up on the regular day of garbage curbside collection

What is NOT Accepted

• No electronics or small plug-in items such as TVs, computer monitors, or other electronics;
• No vacuums, carpet cleaners, fans, toaster ovens, or other small plug-in items (see Electro Recycle on where to recycle);
• No floor or table lamps (see Recycle Lights BC - Product Care Recycling on where to recycle)
• No renovation or demolition waste, doors, toilets,  bathroom/kitchen cabinets or fixtures;
• No hot tubs or lids, hot water tanks, flooring, heat pumps, furnace or plumbing;
• No room carpets or underlay;
• No gas, battery or electric powered equipment such as lawn mowers, power tools, garage door openers;
• No concrete items (such as blocks, fountains, lawn or garden ornaments), or other random materials;
• No to any item weighing over 90kg / 200lbs.
• Residents may contact the RDOS for information on recycling and safe disposal options for any of these items 250-490-4129

• Please take computers, monitors and TVs directly to free recycling depots. Click here for information and depot locations. The Campbell Mountain, Oliver and Keremeos Landfills will also take all residential electronic waste free of charge. Place in the landfills designated area. 

• For drills, vacuums, fans, power tools  and other small plug-in items see Electro Recycle on where to recycle  Recycle Small Appliances and Power Tools in BC - ElectroRecycle

• Floor or table lamps, lightbulbs see:  Recycle Lights in British Columbia - Product Care Recycling

Large Item Not Picked Up

If you had placed your item to the curb before 7:00 am, and if an acceptable large item is not collected, resident may call and leave a message for Waste Connections of Canada at 250-490-3888, or toll-free 1-866-998-4888, or email csrpenticton@wasteconnections.com  -  Include your address and contact information. 

• For a complete list on what is recyclable in curbside recycling container, see Recycle BC's website: recyclebc.ca
• Residential Curbside Recycling Information Sheet 

Curbside Accepted materials - must be Clean and Dry:

• Paper, Paper Packaging and Cardboard
• Cartons and Paper Cups
• Containers made of Plastic, Aluminum, Steel
• No Glass, Foam, Plastic Bags, Sacs or Pouches permitted in curbside

Click here for a list of all clean Residential Recycling Materials included within the BC wide RecycleBC program. Materials that are not clean or mixed with non-collectable items will be left at curb. (Please note: Glass, Foam and Plastic Bags and Flexible Plastic Packaging is not permitted in curbside recycling. These materials are only accepted at local depots).

For collection from your home you may mix all acceptable materials in the same recycling container. At Depots, materials need to be sorted into the proper categories.

If the collector notices that carts contain any non-accepted materials, those carts may be left at the curb. If you have any questions regarding the acceptablility of a specific item or material for recycling, please phone the Solid Waste Hotline.

For information on where to recycle materials not collected through this program please visit our Recycling page for information on other recycling programs.

Unlike curbside collection, Depot recyclables must be sorted. There are separate bins for each material type. Please read signs at the Depot and sort correctly.  

• For a full list on what is recyclable at Depots see: recyclebc.ca
• What is accepted at Recycling Depots, and how to sort? Depot Recycling Information Handout

Please keep material types separated.

• Packaging That Goes To Depot (Plastic Bags, Foam and Glass) - Video

Extra garbage bags will be collected each week if each additional bag has a 'tag-a bag' sticker. Bags must not be over 25kgs (55 lbs) each, and maximum volume is 95 litres. 

• Only place tag-a-bag stickers on extra garbage bags. Do not attach stickers to garbage cans.
• Place the bags so that the stickers are visible for the Garbage Collection Contractor, next to your garbage cart.

The cost of the RDOS Tag-a-Bag garbage stickers is $2.50 each (per bag) and they can be purchased at:

• Hedley - Country Store
• Keremeos - Buy-Low Foods, Village of Keremeos office
• Naramata - Naramata General Store
• Oliver - Buy-Low Foods, Town of Oliver Finance office
• Osoyoos - Osoyoos Town Hall
• Penticton - RDOS office

The Town of Princeton operates their own Tag-a-Bag service for Electoral Area H. These can be picked up from Princeton Town Hall.