The city of Brockville has announced that in order to protect the health and safety of front-line workers, it has decided to suspend the curbside collection of recyclables for two weeks, starting Monday.
The decision was made following a meeting Friday of the city’s Community Emergency Control Group. According to a press release, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the collection of blue box materials will not take place for the weeks of March 30 to April 4 and from April 6 to April 10.
Garbage collection will continue as scheduled. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “Many blue box materials carry the risk of contamination by the coronavirus and are handled and in close contact by the