Garbage & recycling — Collingwood, Ontario

When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?

In the Town of Collingwood, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Garbage, Recycling & Organics (Town of Collingwood), verified 2026-10-19. Collection schedule: Green bin collection occurs every week, whereas garbage and recycling collection alternate every other week (one week garbage, the next week recycling). Container or bag limit: Max 5 tagged bags of extra material per collection week (excess garbage must have garbage bag tags affixed, placed 2ft from rolling carts).

Garbage, Recycling & Organics (Town of Collingwood) adopted bylaw
collection schedule Green bin collection occurs every week, whereas garbage and recycling collection alternate every other week (one week garbage, the next week recycling) "Green bin collection occurs every week, whereas garbage and recycling collection alternate every other week"
sorting required no "Recycling does not need to be separated into different bins, as materials are sorted later in the process"
container or bag limit Max 5 tagged bags of extra material per collection week (excess garbage must have garbage bag tags affixed, placed 2ft from rolling carts) "Max 5 tagged bags of extra material per collection week"
scout note

rules page: County of Simcoe collects garbage/organics; recycling by Circular Materials/Emterra. Carts out by 7 a.m., removed by 7 p.m. next day, no earlier than 5 p.m. the night before; green bin weekly, garbage and recycling alternate weeks.

Machine-readable: garbage-recycling.json · Official website: https://www.collingwood.ca/ · Last verified 2026-10-19 · Garbage & recycling across Ontario · Garbage & recycling in other municipalities