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title: Port Hardy yard waste collection and drop-off
question: "Where does yard waste and brush go in Port Hardy?"
place: Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-hardy
category: Garbage, recycling and waste
owner: municipal
owner_body: District of Port Hardy
sources_read: 2026-11-08
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# Port Hardy yard waste collection and drop-off

**Question:** Where does yard waste and brush go in Port Hardy?

**Short answer:** In Port Hardy, there is no separate curbside yard-waste pickup. Small garden waste goes out with garbage. Larger loads go to the Yard Waste Depot next to the Public Works yard, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (District of Port Hardy, https://porthardy.ca)  
**Cost:** No resident fee for the depot is listed. Commercial maintenance operators need an annual permit, $287.83.  
**Where:**
- In person: District of Port Hardy Municipal Hall, 7360 Columbia St., Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (excluding statutory holidays))
- Phone: District Office, 250-949-6665
- Phone: Operational Services (public works), 250-949-7779

## Key facts

- **Curbside collection:** No separate curbside yard-waste collection is described. Garden or lawn waste and tree branches under two inches thick that fit in a regulation garbage receptacle count as garbage and go out with it.
  - Source: [Garbage and Recycling Bylaw No. 1027-2014, consolidated March 1, 2021, s. 2 'Garbage'](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1027-2014-Garbage-and-Recycling-Consolidated-March-1-2021.pdf)
  - Official wording: "tree branches having a diameter less than two inches, or" … "garden / lawn waste that can be placed in a standard container or regulation garbage receptacle"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **How to set it out:** At the Yard Waste Depot: branches and prunings up to 50 mm (2 inches) thick and cut to 1.5 m (4.5 feet) long; pile branches separately.
  - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Garbage page, yard waste row](https://porthardy.ca/community/utilities/garbage/)
  - Official wording: "branches & tree prunnings up to 50mm or 2″ in diameter and cut to 1.5m / 4.5′ long. Please pile branches separately"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Drop-off:** Yard Waste Depot next to the Public Works yard, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Garbage page, yard waste row](https://porthardy.ca/community/utilities/garbage/)
  - Official wording: "Yard Waste Depot" … "Next to Public Works yard" … "Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Cost:** Commercial maintenance operators dumping residential yard waste at the Public Works yard bin need an annual permit, $287.83. No resident fee for the depot is listed.
  - Source: [User Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 1187-2026, Schedule D, Garbage Rates 2026](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1187-2026-User-Rates-and-Fees-for-2026.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Annual Permit Fee - yard waste commercial use" … "$287.83"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Not accepted:** No wood over 2 inches thick, wood chips, stumps or roots, soil or rocks. No food products.
  - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Garbage page, yard waste row](https://porthardy.ca/community/utilities/garbage/)
  - Official wording: "NO wood over 2″ in diameter, wood chips, stumps/roots, soil or rocks." … "garden waste (no food products)"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Bylaw:** No bylaw sets yard-waste rules; depot rules are on the District's garbage page. Garbage and Recycling Bylaw No. 1027-2014 defines garbage to include small branches and garden or lawn waste.
  - Source: [Garbage and Recycling Bylaw No. 1027-2014, consolidated March 1, 2021, s. 2 'Garbage'](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1027-2014-Garbage-and-Recycling-Consolidated-March-1-2021.pdf)
  - Official wording: "tree branches having a diameter less than two inches, or"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

The District's [garbage page](<https://porthardy.ca/community/utilities/garbage/>) describes no separate curbside yard-waste collection. Under the [Garbage and Recycling Bylaw 1027-2014](<https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1027-2014-Garbage-and-Recycling-Consolidated-March-1-2021.pdf>), garden or lawn waste and tree branches under two inches thick that fit in a regulation garbage receptacle count as garbage and go out with it. No bylaw sets yard-waste rules; the depot rules are on the garbage page.

## Steps

1. Take larger loads to the Yard Waste Depot next to the Public Works yard. It is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
2. Accepted: grass, hedge clippings, leaves, and branches and prunings up to 50 mm (2 inches) thick.
3. Cut branches to 1.5 m (4.5 feet) long and pile them separately.

## Good to know

- Not accepted: wood over 2 inches thick, wood chips, stumps or roots, soil or rocks, and food products.
- The garbage page lists no charge for the depot. The transfer station has separate fees ($1.46 per bag, $29.60 per level pickup) in the [User Rates and Fees Bylaw 1187-2026](<https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1187-2026-User-Rates-and-Fees-for-2026.pdf>), Schedule D.
- Commercial maintenance operators dumping residential yard waste at the Public Works yard bin need an annual permit, $287.83.
- Burning yard waste needs a permit; see the backyard fire answer.

## Official forms and pages

- [Garbage and Recycling, District of Port Hardy](https://porthardy.ca/community/utilities/garbage/)
- [Garbage and Recycling Bylaw No. 1027-2014, consolidated March 1, 2021 (PDF), District of Port Hardy](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1027-2014-Garbage-and-Recycling-Consolidated-March-1-2021.pdf)
- [User Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 1187-2026 (PDF), District of Port Hardy](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1187-2026-User-Rates-and-Fees-for-2026.pdf)

## Related questions

- [Port Hardy garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/garbage-collection.md)
- [Port Hardy backyard fire and burning rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/backyard-fire.md)
- [Port Hardy tree removal rules and permits](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/tree-removal.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Yard waste collection in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/yard-waste.md)
- [Zeballos](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/zeballos/yard-waste.md)
- [Campbell River](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/campbell-river/yard-waste.md)
- [Cumberland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/yard-waste.md)
- [Tofino](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/yard-waste.md)
- [Courtenay](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/courtenay/yard-waste.md)
- [Comox](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/comox/yard-waste.md)

## Sources

- [Garbage and Recycling, District of Port Hardy](https://porthardy.ca/community/utilities/garbage/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Garbage and Recycling Bylaw No. 1027-2014, consolidated March 1, 2021 (PDF), District of Port Hardy](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1027-2014-Garbage-and-Recycling-Consolidated-March-1-2021.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [User Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 1187-2026 (PDF), District of Port Hardy](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1187-2026-User-Rates-and-Fees-for-2026.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)

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