The Halifax Regional Municipality is declaring a snow day for garbage collectors ahead of tomorrow's winter storm.

The city is asking residents who are scheduled for Wednesday garbage collection to postpone putting their materials curbside until this weekend.

Residents who are affected are being asked to place their recycling, garbage and organics outside for collection on Saturday before 7 a.m.

The municipality is also closing several solid waste facilities tomorrow:

Otter Lake waste and processing & disposal facilities (600 Otter Lake Dr.)

Materials recycling facility at 20 Horseshoe Lake Dr.

Composting facilities at 80 Gloria McCluskey Ave. in Burnside and 61 Evergreen Place in Goodwood.

The closed facilities will instead be open Saturday for regular weekday operating hours.