Garbage and Recycling

The Ontario government’s Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act's Blue Box Regulation has introduced some important changes to the recycling system.

Under the Blue Box Regulation, producers of recyclable materials now take on full responsibility for the program. This shift encourages companies to reduce waste and improve recycling efforts, which can help minimize pollution and conserve natural resources. Ontario's Blue Box program is now administered by a new non-profit organization called Circular Materials.

Starting in 2026, there will be two notable enhancements to the recycling system:

• Expanded Recycling Options: For the first time, Ontarians will be able to recycle a wider range of materials, and this list will be standardized across the province.
• Free Recycling Collection: Schools (public, separate, and private for K-12), non-profit retirement homes, long-term care facilities, and multi-residential buildings like apartments will have access to free recycling collection.

Additionally, when it comes to cardboard boxes, please break them down before recycling.

This not only helps save room in our bins, but it also makes the collection process more efficient by reducing space and air. Every little bit helps in our efforts to manage waste responsibly.

Waste pick-up is weekly and blue box pick-up is on a weekly alternating schedule – one week it is fibers (cardboard and paper) and the next it is mixed (cans, glass and plastic):

• Monday Pick Up: East of County Rd 29
• Friday Pick Up: West of County Rd 29
• Your collection has no set time and may be picked up any time between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
• All garbage must be bagged – loose garbage will not be collected.
• The maximum weight for garbage bags is 44 lbs.
• North end residents also have access to the Waste Disposal Site during their normal hours of operation.

More details about North-End Garbage Pick-up, such as tag purchase locations, can be found here.