Changes to CVRD Curbside Collection Services in Electoral Areas

The CVRD’s curbside collection program has been experiencing significant disruptions over the past several months due to ongoing mechanical failures in our aging collection fleet. To mitigate further curbside interruptions, the CVRD is implementing changes to the curbside program over the next few weeks.

To allow collection vehicles suitable repair and maintenance time, the CVRD is organizing a Saturday collection day to reduce the size of existing collection routes. The new Saturday service started in December 2022 and will remain in place until new curbside collection trucks arrive in 2024.

For more information about the changes to curbside collection, see the News Release.

Curbside Collection Schedule Update

To ensure that the workload is spread evenly across the new six-day collection week, some residents had their curbside pick-up day moved to another weekday, which included Saturday. Letters have been mailed out to affected addresses, outlining the next two collection dates under the current schedule and the first collection day on the new schedule. 

Staff have sent out schedule reminders to all affected addresses using the Cowichan Recycles app. Would you like schedule notifications and reminders sent to your mobile phone, landline or email? Download the Cowichan Recycles app or visit https://www.cvrd.ca/3507/Collection-Schedules

View the table and click on the associated maps below to see the areas affected by the updated schedule.

Curbside Collection RouteFinal Collection Date on Former ScheduleFirst Collection Date on New ScheduleFirst Collection in 2023 on New Schedule
Renfrew Road Area
Light blue area ONLY
2022-11-21 Renfrew Road Route Map 2 Opens in new window2022-11-21 Renfrew Road Route Map Opens in new window
Tuesday, 
December 6		MONDAY,
December 12		MONDAY, 
January 9
Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Road Area
Light blue area ONLY
2022-11-21 Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Road Route Map 1 Opens in new window2022-11-21 Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Road Route Map 2 Opens in new window
Tuesday, November 29MONDAY,
December 12		MONDAY,
January 9
Sahtlam Area
Sahtlam Route Opens in new windowSahtlam Route Opens in new window		Thursday, 
December 8		SATURDAY, December 17SATURDAY, 
January 14
Glenora Area
2022-11-21 Glenora Route Map 1 Opens in new window2022-11-21 Glenora Route Map 2 Opens in new window		Thursday,
December 15		SATURDAY,
December 17		SATURDAY, 
January 14
Yellow Point/North Oyster Area
2022-11-21 Yellow Point Route Map 1undefined Opens in new window2022-11-21 Yellow Point Route Map 32022-11-21 Yellow Point Route Map 4 Opens in new window		Wednesday, December 7SATURDAY,
December 10		SATURDAY, 
January 7
Cherry Point/Cowichan Bay Area
Magenta area ONLY2022-11-21 Cherry Point Route Map Opens in new window
Wednesday, 
December 14		WEDNESDAY,
December 21		WEDNESDAY, 
January 4
Caycuse Area
2022-11-21 Caycuse Route Map Opens in new window		Thursday,
December 8		THURSDAY,
December 15		THURSDAY, 
January 12

Have questions? Please call the Recycling Hotline at 250 746 2540 or 1 800 665 3955, or email curbside@cvrd.bc.ca.