We love our parks to be natural, green, and beautiful, and not overflowing with garbage. Please ensure you’re putting your waste in an appropriate container and whenever possible, pack out what you pack in. This also helps keep wildlife safe - learn more on our Wildlife Awareness page.
To help keep our parks neat, we've installed three stream recycling and waste containers in prominent locations throughout City parks.
The City's recycling units have three separate openings for paper, containers, and garbage. The convenience of these bins promotes increased recycling in our community, and helps reduce the amount of waste being sent to the landfill.
Find Recycling Container Locations
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It may seem easy to "recycle" garden plants, clippings, weeds, or soil in your neighbourhood park, but this actually introduces invasive plants that can have a negative impact. Common garden plants such as English Ivy, Lamium, and Periwinkle spread quickly and can overtake the native vegetation in our parks.
Learn more about Invasive Plants and Green Cans for garden waste.
At the end of the each soccer season the City's grass playfields undergo an intensive maintenance program. The fields are aerated, top-dressed, and seeded - and they require frequent mowing, fertilization and watering to get them in top shape.
Although most of the City's watering takes place at night, newly reseeded playing fields require water during the day as well. Staying off the grass while they are re-establishing during the summer helps the City provide better fields that benefit all players during the upcoming season.
For more information on booking a playing field, please visit North Vancouver Recreation & Culture.