{"title":"Invermere yard waste collection and drop-off","question":"Where does yard waste and brush go in Invermere?","slug":"yard-waste","place":{"path":"ca/bc/invermere","name":"Invermere","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"garbage-and-recycling","name":"Garbage, recycling and waste"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"District of Invermere","url":"https://invermere.net"},"short_answer":"In Invermere, yard waste goes in the curbside green organics cart, collected weekly, or to the Regional District of East Kootenay's Columbia Valley Landfill yard and garden waste area. Branches must be no larger than 30 cm long and 2 cm thick.","aliases":["yard waste invermere","brush disposal invermere","green cart invermere","leaves and grass invermere","landfill yard waste invermere"],"cost":"Green organics cart: $11.50 per dwelling unit a month. Columbia Valley Landfill: no charge for yard or garden waste under 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter; larger is charged as land clearing waste.","how_long":"Green cart collected once weekly.","where":[{"type":"online","label":"Organics (green cart) information","value":"https://invermere.net/operations/waste/organics/"},{"type":"in_person","label":"Columbia Valley Landfill (Regional District of East Kootenay)","value":"1884 Windermere Loop Road","note":"9 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week; closed Family Day, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day"},{"type":"phone","label":"District office","value":"250-342-9281","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025 (PDF), District of Invermere","url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/57578/"},{"title":"Organics, District of Invermere","url":"https://invermere.net/operations/waste/organics/"},{"title":"Columbia Valley Landfill, Regional District of East Kootenay","url":"https://www.rdek.bc.ca/departments/environmentalservices/garbage_recycling/columbia_valley_landfill/"}],"related":[{"slug":"garbage-collection","title":"Invermere garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/garbage-collection/"},{"slug":"backyard-fire","title":"Invermere backyard fire and burning rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/backyard-fire/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/kaslo","name":"Kaslo","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kaslo/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/elkford","name":"Elkford","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/elkford/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/kimberley","name":"Kimberley","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kimberley/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/cranbrook","name":"Cranbrook","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/golden","name":"Golden","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/golden/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/new-denver","name":"New Denver","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-denver/yard-waste/"}],"topic":{"title":"Yard waste collection in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/yard-waste/"},"facts":{"curbside":{"label":"Curbside collection","value":"Yes, in the curbside green organics cart (120 L), collected once weekly. The green cart accepts yard waste with food scraps.","short":"Yes, weekly in green organics cart","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.net/operations/waste/organics/","title":"Organics, District of Invermere","section":"Organics page","quotes":["The curbside ‘green’ bin can accept yard waste and food scraps"]},{"url":"https://invermere.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/invermere_organics_curbside_green_user_guide.pdf","title":"Organics curbside green cart user guide (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"Green Cart User Guide FAQ 4","quotes":["Yes, yard waste is accepted and is a great way"]},{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/57578/","title":"Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025 (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"s. 3(c)","quotes":["collection of residential organic waste shall be made once weekly"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"preparation":{"label":"How to set it out","value":"Small branches, twigs and pruning no larger than 30 cm long and 2 cm thick, plus leaves, grass clippings and weeds, go in the green organics cart with its clips unlatched. Paper liners are accepted, compostable plastic bags are not. Carts go out after 7 a.m. on collection day.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/57578/","title":"Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025 (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"Schedule D","quotes":["small branches, twigs and pruning (no larger than 30cm in length and 2cm in diameter)","grass clippings, weeds","Carts must not be put on the street for collection until 7:00am on the designated day of collection."]},{"url":"https://invermere.net/operations/waste/organics/","title":"Organics, District of Invermere","section":"Organics page","quotes":["Clips must be unlatched when set out for collection, or the contents can not be emptied into the truck."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"drop_off":{"label":"Drop-off","value":"Columbia Valley Landfill (Regional District of East Kootenay), 1884 Windermere Loop Road, has a yard and garden waste area; open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week. The Invermere Transfer Station does not take yard waste.","short":"Columbia Valley Landfill, 1884 Windermere Loop Road","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.rdek.bc.ca/departments/environmentalservices/garbage_recycling/columbia_valley_landfill/","title":"Columbia Valley Landfill, Regional District of East Kootenay","section":"Columbia Valley Landfill page","quotes":["You'll see another area for yard and garden waste, which gets chipped","9:00 am - 6:00 pm seven days a week"]},{"url":"https://invermere.net/operations/waste/garbage/","title":"Garbage, District of Invermere","section":"Invermere Transfer Station section","quotes":["Furniture, appliances, contractor waste and yard waste will not be accepted at this site."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"cost":{"label":"Cost","value":"Curbside: green organics service is $11.50 per dwelling unit a month. Columbia Valley Landfill: no charge for yard or garden waste under 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter; larger is charged as land clearing waste (RDEK schedule updated June 2022).","short":"Curbside $11.50 a month; drop-off free under 6 inches","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/61143/","title":"Waste Management User Rates Amendment Bylaw No. 1688, 2026 (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"Schedule A item 2","quotes":["$11.50 per dwelling unit."]},{"url":"https://www.rdek.bc.ca/web/pdf/recycling/ColumbiaValleySubregion-_TippingFeeSchedule2022.pdf","title":"Columbia Valley Subregion Tipping Fee Schedule 2022 (PDF), Regional District of East Kootenay","section":"Recyclable Materials","quotes":["Yard or Garden Waste - under 6” diameter","If over 6” in diameter, item will be charged as Land Clearing Waste"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"not_accepted":{"label":"Not accepted","value":"Not accepted in the green cart: noxious weeds, infested vegetation, cat or dog feces, and branches over 30 cm long or 2 cm thick. Rocks are prohibited material, and trade waste such as wood chips, lumber and land-clearing debris is not household waste. Potting soil is accepted.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/57578/","title":"Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025 (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"Schedule D","quotes":["excluding noxious weeds, infested vegetation, cat feces and dog feces","no larger than 30cm in length and 2cm in diameter","excluding noxious weeds, infested vegetation, cat feces and dog feces.","soil, wood chips, lumber, concrete, plastic pipe, manure, rocks, paints"]},{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/57578/","title":"Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025 (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"s. 2 definition of trade waste","quotes":["soil, wood chips, lumber, concrete, plastic pipe, manure, rocks, paints"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/57578/","title":"Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025 (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"s. 1","quotes":["Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":6,"matched":6,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nIn Invermere, yard waste goes in the curbside green organics cart (120 L), collected once weekly. The cart takes yard waste together with food scraps under the [Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025](https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/57578/). There is no separate yard-waste pickup program; a 2021 spring FireSmart pickup was a one-time program.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Put small branches, twigs and pruning no larger than 30 cm long and 2 cm thick, plus leaves, grass clippings and weeds, in the green cart with its clips unlatched.\n2. Use paper liners if you want a liner; compostable plastic bags are not accepted.\n3. Put the cart out after 7 a.m. on collection day.\n4. For larger loads, take yard and garden waste to the Columbia Valley Landfill, 1884 Windermere Loop Road, open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Not accepted in the green cart: noxious weeds, infested vegetation, cat or dog feces, and branches over 30 cm long or 2 cm thick. Potting soil is accepted. Rocks are prohibited material, and trade waste such as wood chips, lumber and land-clearing debris is not household waste.\n- The Invermere Transfer Station does not accept yard waste.\n- The green organics service is $11.50 per dwelling unit a month. At the landfill, yard or garden waste under 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter is free; larger is charged as land clearing waste. The fee schedule read is dated June 2022, so confirm drop-off charges with the Regional District of East Kootenay.\n- The landfill page lists closed days: Family Day, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. District pages give the address as 1875 Windermere Loop Road, so confirm before you go.","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/57578/","title":"Waste Management Bylaw No. 1671, 2025 (PDF), District of Invermere","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/61143/","title":"Waste Management User Rates Amendment Bylaw No. 1688, 2026 (PDF), District of Invermere","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://invermere.net/operations/waste/organics/","title":"Organics, District of Invermere","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://invermere.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/invermere_organics_curbside_green_user_guide.pdf","title":"Organics curbside green cart user guide (PDF), District of Invermere","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://invermere.net/operations/waste/garbage/","title":"Garbage, District of Invermere","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.rdek.bc.ca/departments/environmentalservices/garbage_recycling/columbia_valley_landfill/","title":"Columbia Valley Landfill, Regional District of East Kootenay","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.rdek.bc.ca/web/pdf/recycling/ColumbiaValleySubregion-_TippingFeeSchedule2022.pdf","title":"Columbia Valley Subregion Tipping Fee Schedule 2022 (PDF), Regional District of East Kootenay","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 6 of 6 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/yard-waste/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/yard-waste.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/yard-waste.json"}}