Skip to content

Open burning ends April 30 in Central Okanagan

Campfires are still allowed in most of the Central Okanagan — except in the City of Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡
16627023_web1_BackyardBurning-FairfieldIsland-102417-1
Open burning. (Black Press Media file photo)

The last day of open burning for the season in the Central Okanagan is Wednesday, April 30.

To burn at all, property owners must have a permit that follows both the Regional District of Central Okanagan’s (RDCO) smoke control rules and all the provincial guidelines. 

Other options after April 30, include chipping, grinding, or disposal at Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Glenmore Landfill, or the Westside Residential Waste and Recycling Centre in West Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡. Property owners in the North Westside or Traders Cove can bring up to 10 bags of yard waste per trip to your local transfer station.

Stumps, thick branches, logs, or limbs over five centimetres thick need to go to the Glenmore Landfill.

Campfires are still allowed in most of the Central Okanagan — except in the City of Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

More information is available by calling the burning hotline at 1-855-262-2876 or by checking the RDCO website.



About the Author: Gary Barnes

Journalist and broadcaster for three decades.
Read more



(or ) document.head.appendChild(flippScript); window.flippxp = window.flippxp || {run: []}; window.flippxp.run.push(function() { window.flippxp.registerSlot("#flipp-ux-slot-ssdaw212", "Black Press Media Standard", 1281409, [312035]); }); }