Garbage and Recycling
The 2025 Municipal Collection Calendar is available in various formats, digital, paper, and through the Recycle Coach App.
The Town of Kingsville offers weekly garbage collection and biweekly recycling collection.
Garbage Collection |
Garbage collection happens each week. Your collection is either Tuesday or Friday. Determine your collection date by finding your street on our Garbage Collection Map. The collection of your garbage includes large items and furniture, which are collected on your scheduled garbage day. These items include box springs, mattresses, couches, chairs, and similar materials. Collection timesCollection times vary depending on the season and the amount of waste being collected. A long weekend or holiday will result in earlier than usual collection time. Please place your garbage in a suitable container and have it at the roadside/curb the night before your collection day. Do not place garbage in containers that are:
Non-collectable wasteThe following items are not picked up as part of your collection.
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Recycling Collection |
The recycling program in Kingsville and the County of Essex is collected by Green for Life (GFL) and administered by Circular Materials. Your recycling is collected every other Wednesday. Please have your recycling boxes out before 6:00 am and ensure paper products are separated from containers. You can download the FREE Recycle Coach app at the Apple Store or Google Play to receive reminders about collection dates, notifications about collection delays, and information about sorting. Why was my recycling bypassedYour recycling may be left behind if:
You will see an "oops" sticker on your bin if your recycling is purposely bypassed. As of August 28, 2024 the recycling program no longer accepts hardcover/softcover books, paint aerosols/cans, or motor oil. Report a missed collectionIf you think your recycling was accidentally missed, please contact GFL, 1-844-415-4351 or WeRecycling@gflenv.com. To escalate, contact Circular Materials, 1-877-667-2626 or customerservice@circularmaterials.ca. French: serviceclientele@circularmaterials.ca. |
Yard Waste |
Yard Waste collection days are identified on your Garbage Collection Calendar. Yard waste includes:
Please have your yard waste bags at the roadside/curb the day before collection day. Any yard waste in plastic bags will not be collected. The only accepted containers are paper yard waste bags or cardboard boxes. Yard waste cannot exceed 22 kg or 50 lbs per container. There is no charge for this service. |
Battery and Recycling Collection |
The Town of Kingsville's Municipal Office is an official Call2Recycle®Battery and Cell Phone Recycling Depot. Bring your old batteries and cell phones to our office, and we will dispose of them in an environmentally responsible way at no cost to you. Accepted itemsWe accept rechargeable and single-use batteries weighing 5 kg or less each. We do not accept wet-cell, damaged or defective batteries.
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White Goods |
White goods are collected on the first Tuesday of the month. White goods include:
Call the Municipal Office the week before collection to be added to our pick-up list. There is no charge for this service. |
Green Bin Program (Coming 2026) |
The Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority is introducing a new Green Bin program. The Green Bin Program launches in the City of Windsor, Essex, Lakeshore, LaSalle and Tecumseh in 2025. Kingsville is scheduled to launch in November 2026 along with Amherstburg and Leamington. Learn about this program on EWSWA's website. |
Christmas Tree Recycling |
The Town of Kingsville offers Christmas tree drop-off depots at the following locations, starting December 26 and ending January 31.
Please remove all decorations, tree skirts, and plastic tree bags. The Town also provides door-to-door pickup during the second week of January (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday). Pickup is by appointment only. Please call the Town in advance to schedule. |