Garbage collection happens weekly. Your collection is either on Tuesday or on Friday. Determine your collection date by finding your street on our Garbage Collection Map.

Your weekly collection allow for large items and furniture, such as box springs, mattresses, couches, chairs, and similar materials. Non collectible waste includes:

• 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 Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority has three Public Drop-off Depots in Windsor-Essex.

Collection times

Collection times vary depending on the season and the amount of waste being collected. A long weekend or holiday will result in an earlier-than-usual collection time.

Please place your garbage in a suitable container and have it at the roadside or curb the night before your collection day. Avoid placing garbage in containers that are:

• Oversized or weighing over 20 kg (45 lbs)
• Plastic shopping bags
• Cardboard boxes

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 bin out before 6:00 am. 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 any type of plastic bag, including those with a recycling symbol (loop)
• It includes non-collectable items that need to be dropped off at the depot (such as chemical waste or electronics)
• It's overfilled
• 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.

Report a Missed Collection

If you think your recycling was accidentally missed, please contact GFL at 1-844-415-4351 or WeRecycling@gflenv.com. To escalate, contact Circular Materials at 1-877-667-2626 or customerservice@circularmaterials.ca.

Kingsville's Green Bin program begins in November 2026. This weekly, curbside collection helps residents keep food waste and other organics out of our Essex-Windsor Regional Landfill. Learn about the bin, the benefits, and the process on Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority's website. 

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

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

Please have your yard waste bags at the roadside or 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 (50 lbs) per container. There is no charge for this service.

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'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

The Town of Kingsville offers Christmas tree drop-off depots at the following locations from December 26 to January 31 each year. Please remove all decorations, tree skirts, and plastic tree bags.

• 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

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.