Garbage and Recycling

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 times

Collection 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:

• Oversized or weigh over 20 kg or 45 lbs
• Plastic shopping bags
• Cardboard boxes

Non-collectable waste

The following items are not picked up as part of your collection.

• Ammunition
• Animal carcasses
• Animal waste
• Appliances
• Automotive parts
• Bricks
• Combustibles
• Chemical waste
• Explosives
• Industrial waste
• Liquid waste
• Medical waste
• Metal items
• Pallets
• Paint products
• Renovation debris
• Syringes
• Televisions
• Tires

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 bypassed

Your recycling may be left behind if:

• It contains plastic bags of any type, even bags with a recycling symbol (loop). 
• It includes items that should be dropped off at the depot (such as chemical waste or electronics)
• It's overfilled
• It's improperly sorted, or
• It's in a container that's incompatible with the recycling program

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 collection

If 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 collection days are identified on your Garbage Collection Calendar. Yard waste includes:

• Grass
• Leaves
• Garden trimmings
• Brush, and
• Tree trimmings

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.

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 items

We accept rechargeable and single-use batteries weighing 5 kg or less each. We do not accept wet-cell, damaged or defective batteries. 

• Alkaline
• Lithium Primary
• Lithium Ion
• Nickel Cadmium
• Small Sealed Lead Acid
• Nickel Metal Hydride
• Nickel Zinc

White goods are collected on the first Tuesday of the month. White goods include:

• Metal items,
• Hot water tanks
• Barbeques
• Bathtubs, sinks, etc.

Call the Municipal Office the week before collection to be added to our pick-up list. There is no charge for this service.

The Town of Kingsville offers Christmas tree drop-off depots at the following locations, starting December 26 and ending January 31. 

• Kingsville Arena, 1741 Jasperson Drive (Southeast Parking Lot) 
• Lakeside Park, 315 Queen Street (Herrington Parking Lot)
• Linden Beach Dog Park, 110 Conservation Boulevard Parking Lot
• Ruthven Library, 1695 Elgin Street
• Ridgeview Park, 124 Fox Street

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.