{"title":"Rossland yard waste collection and drop-off","question":"Where does yard waste and brush go in Rossland?","slug":"yard-waste","place":{"path":"ca/bc/rossland","name":"Rossland","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":"City of Rossland","url":"https://rossland.ca"},"short_answer":"Rossland has no regular curbside yard-waste pick-up. Use the debris bins at the arena parking lot, the RDKB Green Bin for garden waste, or haul it to McKelvey Creek Landfill in Trail at your own expense. Burning yard waste is always prohibited.","aliases":["spring cleanup rossland","brush pickup rossland","burn yard waste rossland","leaves and grass rossland"],"cost":"No charge is stated for the arena bins. Hauling to McKelvey Creek Landfill is at your expense, and the landfill fee is not stated.","how_long":"Curbside yard-waste pick-up has ended. The 2026 spring clean-up collects roadside sand and gravel only.","where":[{"type":"phone","label":"Rossland City Hall","value":"250-362-7396"},{"type":"phone","label":"RDKB (green bin, landfill)","value":"250-368-9148"},{"type":"email","label":"Rossland FireSmart (wildfire hazard vegetation bins)","value":"rosslandfiresmart@telus.net"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Spring Burning, What you Need to Know, City of Rossland","url":"https://rossland.ca/spring-burning/"},{"title":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817, 2023 (PDF)","url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/"},{"title":"Fire Prevention and Burning Bylaw No. 2814 (PDF)","url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/46239"}],"related":[{"slug":"backyard-fire","title":"Rossland backyard fire and burning rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/backyard-fire/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/warfield","name":"Warfield","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/trail","name":"Trail","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/trail/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fruitvale","name":"Fruitvale","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/castlegar","name":"Castlegar","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/salmo","name":"Salmo","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmo/yard-waste/"},{"place":"ca/bc/grand-forks","name":"Grand Forks","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/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":"No regular curbside yard-waste pick-up. Since 2026 spring clean-up collects roadside sand and gravel only. Bylaw 2817 lets the City designate collection days, but none is stated.","short":"No regular pick-up","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/","title":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817, 2023 (PDF), City of Rossland","section":"s. 9.1-9.2","quotes":["From time to time, the City may designate days when the City may provide general residential","yard and garden waste including but not limited to grass, leaves, pine needles and cones,"]},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/spring-burning/","title":"Spring Burning, What you Need to Know, City of Rossland","section":"Spring Clean-Up","quotes":["The City will be driving by each residence once, so don’t miss out.","Please ensure all items are on the boulevard by 7:00 a.m.","Only leaves and grass clippings can be placed in a pile on your unmaintained boulevard.","PLEASE DO NOT BAG YARD WASTE OR PLACE A TARP BENEATH YOUR PILE.","PLEASE DO NOT BUNDLE PILES."]},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/press-release-city-of-rossland-updates-spring-clean-up-program-for-2026/","title":"Press Release – City of Rossland Updates Spring Clean-Up Program for 2026 – Rossland","section":"Press release","quotes":["Public Works will collect roadside sand and gravel only during Spring Clean Up.","Curbside pickup of branches, piles of leaves, yard waste, and FireSmart debris will no longer occur."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"preparation":{"label":"How to set it out","value":"When the City designates collection days: prunings under 2.5 cm across and 1 m long, up to 1 cubic yard per dwelling; special days allow up to 10 cm by 3 m, up to 9 cubic yards. Arena bins take trimmings under 10 cm across and 3 m long, and leaves with no garbage.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/","title":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817, 2023 (PDF), City of Rossland","section":"s. 9.4-9.6","quotes":["centimetres in diameter and 1 metre in length and up to 10 centimetres in diameter and 3","the City may collect a maximum of one (1) cubic yard of yard and garden waste from each","maximum of nine (9) cubic yards (or one","(1) tandem truck load)"]},{"url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/","title":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817, 2023 (PDF), City of Rossland","section":"s. 2(p)","quotes":["2.5 centimetres in diameter and 1 metre in length."]},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/spring-burning/","title":"Spring Burning, What you Need to Know, City of Rossland","section":"Tree Trimmings & Branches","quotes":["Must be less than 10 cm in diameter and 3 m in length and cannot exceed a truck load per household."]},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/press-release-city-of-rossland-updates-spring-clean-up-program-for-2026/","title":"Press Release – City of Rossland Updates Spring Clean-Up Program for 2026 – Rossland","section":"Disposal table","quotes":["Must be less than 10 cm in diameter and 3 m in length"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"drop_off":{"label":"Drop-off","value":"Debris bins at the arena parking lot take tree trimmings and branches (under 10 cm, 3 m), leaves and yard waste, no garbage, on a rotating, budget-limited basis. McKelvey Creek Landfill in Trail takes yard waste at your expense. The RDKB Green Bin takes backyard garden waste.","short":"Arena parking lot debris bins (rotating basis)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://rossland.ca/spring-burning/","title":"Spring Burning, What you Need to Know, City of Rossland","section":"Drop-Off","quotes":["Yard or garden waste are accepted at the McKelvey Creek Regional Landfill located in Trail, BC."]},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/firesmart-program/","title":"Wildfire Hazard / FireSmart Program, City of Rossland","section":"2026 FireSmart Events","quotes":["This service is for Wildfire Hazard Vegetation ONLY."]},{"url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/","title":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817, 2023 (PDF), City of Rossland","section":"s. 9.7","quotes":["As an alternative to providing a collection service, the City may designate an area(s) and/or"]},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/press-release-city-of-rossland-updates-spring-clean-up-program-for-2026/","title":"Press Release – City of Rossland Updates Spring Clean-Up Program for 2026 – Rossland","section":"Press release","quotes":["Designated debris bins at the arena parking lot (available on a rotational, budget limited basis)","Direct hauling to the McKelvey Creek Landfill in Trail (at resident expense)"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"cost":{"label":"Cost","value":"No charge is stated for the arena bins. Hauling to McKelvey Creek Landfill is at the resident's expense; the landfill fee is not stated.","short":"No charge stated for arena bins","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://rossland.ca/press-release-city-of-rossland-updates-spring-clean-up-program-for-2026/","title":"Press Release – City of Rossland Updates Spring Clean-Up Program for 2026 – Rossland","section":"Press release","quotes":["Direct hauling to the McKelvey Creek Landfill in Trail (at resident expense)"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"not_accepted":{"label":"Not accepted","value":"Not accepted: liquids; fats, meat, bones, food and kitchen waste, peels, coffee grounds, tea bags; loose soil and rocks; garbage; prunings or limbs over the size limits; human or animal excrement; contaminated soil or special waste; invasive species. The City page also lists dirt, sod, rocks and construction material.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/","title":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817, 2023 (PDF), City of Rossland","section":"s. 9.3","quotes":["Fats, meat and bones, food waste and kitchen waste, peels, coffee grounds, tea bags;","Loose soil and rocks;","Human or animal excrement;","Invasive Species,"]},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/spring-burning/","title":"Spring Burning, What you Need to Know, City of Rossland","section":"Yard Waste & Leaves","quotes":["Dirt, sod, rocks, or constructions material and invasive species will not be accepted."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw, No. 2817, 2023","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/","title":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817, 2023 (PDF), City of Rossland","section":"s. 1","quotes":["\"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw, No. 2817, 2023\""]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":6,"matched":6,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nIn Rossland there is no regular curbside yard-waste pick-up. Since 2026, the spring clean-up collects roadside sand and gravel only. The [Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817](https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/) lets the City designate collection days, but none is stated. The weekly green bin takes food waste, not yard waste.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Take tree trimmings and branches (under 10 cm across and 3 m long), and leaves with no garbage, to the debris bins at the arena parking lot. The bins run on a rotating, budget-limited basis.\n2. Or put backyard garden waste in the RDKB Green Bin.\n3. Or haul yard waste to McKelvey Creek Landfill in Trail at your own expense.\n4. Do not burn yard waste. Burning it is always prohibited under the City's [Fire Prevention and Burning Bylaw](https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/46239).\n\n## Good to know\n\n- The City's Spring Burning page and Bylaw 2817 describe the arena bins as taking trimmings, leaves and yard waste. The City's FireSmart page describes them as for wildfire hazard vegetation. Confirm with the City what is accepted now.\n- When the City does designate collection days, the bylaw's limits are prunings under 2.5 cm across and 1 m long, up to 1 cubic yard per dwelling. Special days allow up to 10 cm by 3 m, up to 9 cubic yards. The City page says not to bundle piles.\n- Not accepted: liquids; fats, meat, bones, food and kitchen waste, peels, coffee grounds, tea bags; loose soil and rocks; garbage; prunings or limbs over the size limits; human or animal excrement; contaminated soil or special waste; invasive species. The City page also lists dirt, sod, rocks and construction material.\n- Dates on the City's page are for 2025, so do not rely on them.\n- Landfill hours and fees are not stated in the City's documents. Call the RDKB.","sources":[{"url":"https://rossland.ca/spring-burning/","title":"Spring Burning, What you Need to Know, City of Rossland","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/33418/","title":"Solid and Yard Waste Regulation Bylaw No. 2817, 2023 (PDF), City of Rossland","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/46239","title":"Fire Prevention and Burning Bylaw No. 2814, 2023 (PDF), City of Rossland","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/firesmart-program/","title":"Wildfire Hazard / FireSmart Program, City of Rossland","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://rossland.ca/press-release-city-of-rossland-updates-spring-clean-up-program-for-2026/","title":"Press Release – City of Rossland Updates Spring Clean-Up Program for 2026 – Rossland","accessed":"2026-11-05"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-05","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/rossland/yard-waste/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/yard-waste.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/yard-waste.json"}}