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Garbage and Recycling Curbside Collection Program

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For notices on collection delays see our Public Notices page

Garbage and Recycling Collection COVID-19 update 

COVID iconThe County of Brant waste collection crews continue to pick up blue box material and garbage on the regular schedule. Their efforts on behalf of our community are appreciated more than ever during this time, and we want to keep them healthy.  While crews have their own health and safety procedures in place, they have asked that we take these extra steps to help protect them on the job.

  • Ensure used tissues and napkins are placed in the garbage
  • Put all garbage in securely tied garbage bags, not loose in garbage cans
  • If you are sick, place any item that has come into contact with your mouth, nose or eyes into the garbage. This includes items you would normally put in the blue box, such as water bottles, pop cans, juice boxes, etc.

These steps will help protect the health of crews who handle thousands of bins, bags and boxes each week. We all have a role to play and by working together we can make a difference. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Weekly Garbage and Recycling Curbside Collection - Information and Set Out Requirements 

We want to work with you to keep our County clean and beautiful.

  • Please set out your garbage and blue box by 7:00 am on your collection day.

  • Weekly Blue Box and Garbage collection is provided to all residential and commercial properties located on existing residential collection routes.

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  • Commercial properties wanting to participate in the curbside collection program should contact the Operations Department at 519.44BRANT (519.442.7268) to confirm if they are on an existing route.

  • The weekly garbage container set out limit is four (4) containers and unlimited blue box materials can be set out.  

  • County of Brant residents are able to put all of their acceptable blue box materials together loose, or co-mingled, into their blue box. No sorting of materials is required

  • Recycling BinBlue Boxes ($8) and Composters ($25) are available for purchase at any County of Brant Customer Service Office or Solid Waste Facility.  A complimentary free Blue Box is provided to the owner of “Newly Built” single residential properties.  

As a resident, it is your responsibility to dispose of solid waste in accordance with the County solid waste by-law.  See the solid waste by-law for details.

 

Acceptable Recycling Curbside Set Out Containers

An acceptable "Recycling Container" includes blue boxes offered for sale by the County, and any other container approved by the Designated County Official, by public notice, for the storing and setting out of recyclable material which includes;

Rigid Plastic Containers

  • that will not bend or give when lifted
  • no taller than 21 inches and 24 inches wide
  • have a rim around the top of the container (no lid) and do not have wheels

Clear plastic bags

  • maximum size 50 litres (13 gallons) and must be securely tied

Cardboard Boxes

  • that will not bend or give when lifted
  • no taller than 21 inches and 24 inches wide
Acceptable and Unacceptable Blue Box Materials 
 Plastics 
Acceptable Plastics
  • Food, beverage containers and bottles, household cleaning and personal hygiene product bottles (laundry / dish soap) made of mixed plastics 
  • Clear and black "clam shell" type fruit/deli/prepared food, bakery and takeout containers
  • Plastic plates, cups and coffee cup lids
  • Single serving plastic food containers (example yogurt containers - please remove film or foil lids and discard)
  • Plastic plant pots and trays
  • Single use coffee pods (coffee must be removed)

How to properly Recycle

  1. Remove lids, place recyclable lids in blue box
  2. Rinse out residue
  3. Place loose in the blue box (do not crush) 

Unacceptable Plastics

  • Plastic Cutlery
  • Styrofoam™ (#6) meat trays, packaging materials and cups
  • Grocery / bread bags
  • Plastic wrap / films
  • Plastic toys and tools
  • Hazardous waste containers
  • Motor oil bottles
  • Blister Packaging
 Glass 

Acceptable Glass 

  • Food and beverage glass containers

How to Properly Recycle

  1. Remove lids, place recyclable lids in blue box
  2. Rinse out residue
  3. Place loose in the blue box

Unacceptable Glass 

  • Window glass and mirrors
  • Lightbulbs 
  • Drinking glasses and cups
  • Ceramics, dishes and ovenware 
 Metals
Acceptable Metals
  • Steel and aluminum food and beverage containers only
  • Metal lids 
  • Empty food and personal hygiene aerosol cans 
  • Empty and dry paint cans (lids removed)
  • Clean aluminum foil and pie foils 

How to Properly Recycle 

  1. Remove lids, place recyclable lids in blue box
  2. Rinse out residue
  3. Place loose in the blue box

Unacceptable Metals

  • Automotive Parts
  • Metal pots and pans
  • Scrap Metal 
  • Hazardous Waste Containers
  • Propane Cylinders
  • Wire
  • Batteries 
 Mixed Paper

Acceptable Mixed Paper 

  • Hot and cod beverage cups
  • Magazines, ad mail, newspapers and flyers
  • Phonebooks
  • Paper back and hard copy books
  • Printer or photocopy paper 
  • Tetra Pak™ drink and soup cartons
  • Gable Top type cartons (milk and juice)
  • Ice Cream Cartons
  • Cardboard can (examples juice and chip containers)

How to Property Recycle

  1. Remove and discard plastic caps.
  2. Rinse out residue.
  3. Place loose in the Blue box (please do not crush).
  4. Do not bundle or bag mixed paper. Simply place them neatly in your blue box or in paper bags to reduce blowing litter.
  5. Shredded paper must be compacted.

Unacceptable Mixed Paper

  • Waxed paper
  • Gift Wrapping
  • Butcher Paper
  • Photographs
  • Diapers
  • Paper Beverage Trays 
 Box Board

Acceptable Box Board

  • Packaging made of boxboard (examples include cereal, cracker and toothpaste boxes, paper towel and toilet paper rolls, etc.)

How to Properly Recycle

  1. Remove all inner and outer packaging materials and plastics.
  2. Break down smaller boxes and place inside larger boxes or in a paper bag.
  3. Simply place neatly in or beside your blue box

Unacceptable Box Board

  • No waxed boxboard, or soiled, oil stained or painted boxes
  • Check if the box is waxed, scratch the outside. If white residue is present it is waxed and not recyclable
 Cardboard 

Acceptable Cardboards

  • Packaging made of clean corrugated cardboard
  • Maximum bundle size is 0.8m x 0.8m x 0.25m (32" x 32" x 10")
  • Secure cardboard that is too big to fit loose in the blue box with masking tape, packing tape or light string

How to Properly Recycle

  1. Remove all inner and outer packaging materials and plastics.
  2. Pieces should be smaller than 0.8m x 0.8m x .25m (32" x 32" x 10").
  3. Leave small pieces loose in your blue box and secure bundles with packing tape or twine.
  4. Place neatly beside, under or in your blue box.

Unacceptable Cardboards

  • No waxed cardboard or soiled, oil stained or painted boxes
  • Check if the box is waxed, scratch the outside. If white residue is present it is waxed and not recyclable
  • No grease-stained pizza boxes

 

Additional Recycling Collection Information 
  • County of Brant residents are able to put all of their acceptable blue box materials together loose, or co-mingled, into their blue box. No sorting of materials is required. The table below lists examples of materials which “Do” and materials which “Do Not” go into the County of Brant blue box.
  • Recycling markets are commodity markets, driven by the supply and demand of products made from recycled materials. By purchasing products with “post-consumer” recycled content, you will be creating greater demand for the materials which go in your blue box. You will also be creating a demand for new products containing post-consumer recycled content. This helps to create a self-sustaining, circular program.
  • The blue box recycling program is currently funded in part by the County and by the “producers and first importers” of the packaged foods and household products that you use every day. For more information on upcoming changes to the blue box program, visit www.rpra.ca.
  • The collection and processing of acceptable blue box materials transforms those materials into new products. This helps to extend the life of our landfill, which is both an environmentally and financially positive practice to adopt and promote. Take the time to educate yourself about what materials are acceptable in our blue box program. See the table below.
  • "Not everyone knows that Ontario is the birthplace of the Blue Box. The world’s first curbside recycling program made its official debut in Kitchener in 1981. Since then, Ontario’s Blue Box has become a blueprint for recycling programs in more than 150 countries around the world, and has received awards for its healthy curbside appetite.” Full story at https://stewardshipontario.ca
  • Recycle right! When you place a non-recyclable item in the blue box, it simply goes on a long and expensive trip to a landfill. Contamination in the blue box only reduces the effectiveness of the recycling program.  For examples of the types of products that are made from your acceptable blue box materials, please visit www.rpra.ca.
  • Remember, the 3Rs - Reduce Reuse and Recycle, all contribute to waste diversion. We all have the choice of purchasing items that use less packaging (Reduce), or buying items that can be used again (Reuse), or thirdly to Recycle materials rather than dispose of them. With these three options available to us, we all have some control over the effectiveness and the costs of our municipal waste management programs.
Curbside Collection Zones - find out your collection day here 

Visit our Interactive Map today to find out what day your collection day is or by downloading the Recycling Coach App, details below! 

Garbage and Recycling Calendar -  includes Urban Yard Waste Collection, Tips on Composting, Holiday Impacts and More
Find your collection day by using the Recycling Coach App or through the Garbage & Recycling Calendar (January - December 2022). This calendar outlines our municipal collection zones and schedule for the year, as well as general curbside collection information, recycling information and more.

You can also view your garbage collection month-by-month:

Monday collection for residents North East of Paris Tuesday collection for residents of Paris Wednesday collection for residents South East of Brantford Thursday collection for residents North West, West of Paris and South of Paris Thursday collection for residents of Burford Friday collection for all of West Brant

 

2022
January February March April
May June July August
September October November December

 

If you are unsure about where your address falls on the garbage collection schedule, contact the County of Brant Operations Department at 519.44BRANT (519-442-7268)

Please have your municipal address ready when you call.

Recycling Do's and Don'ts

A printable copy is available here: Blue Box Do's and Don'ts PDF

DO'sDo… have your materials placed at the curbside by 7:00 am on your collection day to ensure collection.

Do… try to put out your blue boxes only when they are full.

Do… remember to check the County of Brant website regularly for changes to the blue box program.

Do… Watch the weather!  Bring your blue box out the morning of your collection day (by 7:00 am), to avoid materials getting wet overnight by rain and snow, or the contents getting blown around by wind. If its a windy day, pack heavier items on top of the blue box or wait until next week to put it out.

Do… secure cardboard that is too big to fit loose in the blue box with masking tape, packing tape or light string. (Maximum bundle size is 0.8 m x 0.8 m x 0.25 m (32” x 32” x 10”).)

Do… remember that there is no charge to take your acceptable blue box materials to the either of the County of Brant Waste Management Facilities during regular operating hours.

DON'TsDon’t… place your blue box up on top of a snow bank. It should be placed at the end of your driveway, so that the collection crews can access it quickly and efficiently.

Don’t… put empty oil, anti-freeze, herbicide, pesticide or other hazardous waste containers in your blue box. Please visit www.makethedrop.ca or www.productcare.org for other local disposal outlets for your ‘Municipal Hazardous or Special Wastes’ (MHSW).  If paint cans are empty and dry, with lids removed, they can be placed in the blue box.


 

  • Unlimited Blue Box containers can be set out
  • Materials that are set out late (after collection vehicles have been by your location) will not be picked up until the following collection day
  • Rollout carts, or roll out totes will not be picked up, containers must be acceptable in accordance with Solid Waste Bylaw
  • All acceptable blue box materials can be placed loose together in the blue box, there is no need to separate the materials
  • The maximum weight per container is 20 kg (45 lbs), including the material and container
Garbage and Recycling Tips for Snowy and/or Windy Weather

We understand the frustration of a windy and/or snowy collection day that can quickly turn your recycling upside down – literally! That’s why we want to share the following tips for how to combat the weather.

  1. Check the forecast. If wind or snow is forecast, skip the week is possible. The County of Brant allows unlimited blue box materials to be set out each week to catch up the following week. 
  2. Set out at 7am. Don't put material out early that could get blown away or impacted by snowplowing. 
  3. Organize. Place those heavier items like glass bottles or jars on top and keep the lighter items like plastic containers at the bottom of the blue box. Stand up paper or cardboard instead of laying flat. 
  4. Label. Label your blue boxes and bins with your family name and address so if the wind decides to take them for a trip, they can be returned.
  5. Don’t overfill. It’s nice to fit everything into one container but an overflowing bin is a recipe for a blown over mess. 
  6. Use a garbage bag. Use a garbage bag instead of a bin on windy and/or snowy days so it the bin doesn't blow around or be in the way for plows after the garbage is collected. 

Condominium, Multi Residential, School and Not for Profit Collection Information 

Eligibility and application details for excess garbage bag limits are available for the following:

  • Condominium Development Collection
  • Multi Residential Collection
  • School Collection (recycling only)
  • Not for Profit Collection 

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