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Garbage and Recycling
Your 2024 Municipal Collection Calendar is available in various formats, digital, paper, and through the Recycle Coach App.
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 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.
Battery and Cellphone Recycling
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
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.
White goods
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.
Garbage 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
Yard Waste Collection
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.
