Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham shows off the new garbage and recycling bins in a social media video. (@SCOTTGILLINGHAM / X)
The City of Winnipeg has begun installing more than 100 new garbage bins along Main Street and Portage Avenue to help reduce litter and keep sidewalks cleaner.
The new lockable bins are designed to prevent trash from spilling out and to discourage rummaging. Crews are replacing old, damaged bins along Main Street between Higgins and River avenues and on Portage Avenue between Sherbrook and Main streets.
“One of the most frustrating things to me is seeing trash on the sidewalk and garbage bins with their lids flipped wide open,” said Mayor Scott Gillingham.
“That’s why I asked our Public Works team to find a better option. These new lockable bins will help keep downtown cleaner. And, if they work as well as we expect, we’ll look to add more throughout the area.”
About one-third of the new bins have been installed so far. The city expects to complete the replacements by November 14.
One of my biggest pet peeves downtown: trash on the sidewalk and garbage bins sitting wide open.
We’re fixing that.
?? 121 new lockable bins are being installed along Portage Ave and Main St.
Cleaner streets, less mess — and if they work well, we’ll look to add more. pic.twitter.com/MyoNPNTlOj
— Mayor Scott Gillingham (@ScottGillingham) November 6, 2025
