The first giveaway weekend of 2013 is this weekend on May 11 and 12. Be green and let others use items that you are no longer using. The tips or 'rules' of the giveaway the City of Winnipeg sets are below:
Tips if you are
giving away items:
·
Place
unwanted household items at the curb on your front street.
·
Label
each item with a FREE sticker or sign.
·
Keep any
items safely stored away that you don't want to give away.
·
Remove
leftover items from the curb by dusk on Sunday.
Examples of giveaway
items include:
·
books,
CDs and DVDs
·
furniture,
electronics and small appliances
·
sports
equipment and toys
·
yard and
gardening tools and equipment (e.g., lawn mowers, snow throwers, rakes,
shovels)
·
kitchen
gadgets, dishes, cutlery, pots and pans
·
unwanted
gifts
·
construction material
(e.g., nails, paint, wood)
·
clothing
Please do not put
out:
·
items
that could be unsafe
·
items
infested with bed bugs (e.g., mattresses, furniture, bedding)
·
toilets
(with a flush volume of 13 litres or more)
Tips if you are
cruising the curbs looking for treasures:
·
Take
only the items at the curb marked "FREE.”
·
Respect
other people's property – don't walk or drive on people's lawns or gardens.
·
Don't
discard any items on another person’s lawn.
·
Obey the
traffic laws at all times (e.g., don't block traffic, park illegally or block
people's driveways with your vehicle)
·
Watch
out for children.
For more information
on the giveaway weekend, including what to do with leftover
items:
·
visit
winnipeg.ca
·
download
the mywaste app at Winnipeg.ca/mywaste
For information on
items that aren’t safe to give away (e.g., baby walkers, lawn darts), visit: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/cons/garage-eng.php
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