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# Garbage and Recycling
The Town of Essex offers residential curbside collection for garbage, recycling, organics (green bin), yard waste and white goods. For the current waste collection schedule please consult the Town of Essex Collection Calendar.
View the Collection Calendar
Garbage Collection
The Town of Essex offers residential curbside garbage collection on a weekly schedule:
* Monday Collection - all properties south of County Road 18 (Wards 3 and 4)
* Wednesday Collection - All properties north of County Road 18 (Wards 1 and 2)
Place garbage out for collection the night before your scheduled collection day. Large items and furniture (but not white goods) can be put out on any regular garbage day.
If your garbage is not collected for any reason other than noted above, please contact GFL Environmental at 519-944-8009. They are contracted by the Town of Essex for garbage collection.
Recycling Collection
The Town of Essex has adopted a single stream recycling program. All recyclable materials including paper, cardboard, newspaper and catalogues, cartons, plastic containers, metal containers, and glass bottles and jars can be placed together in the designated recycling cart.
Each household will receive a 360-litre wheeled, lidded recycling cart designed to hold two weeks of recyclables and accommodate a broader range of accepted materials. If you have not received your new recycling bin, please contact 1-844-415-4351 or [email protected]
If this size cart does not meet your needs, you can request an exchange for a smaller sized recycling cart.
Request a Smaller Cart
*\*\*The Town of Essex does not manage the recycling program\*\**
For questions or concerns, please contact 1-844-415-4351 or [email protected]
For more information, FAQs, and to access the online form, please visit the Circular Materials website.
Green Bin Collection
Beginning in October 2025, the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority launched a weekly, curbside collection program, the Green Bin Program, to help residents keep food waste and other organics out of our local, Essex-Windsor Regional Landfill.
**Please refer to the Collection Calendar for weekly Green Bin collection dates.**
Learn more about the Green Bin Program
For green bin inquiries, including missed pickups, please contact Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority at 1-800-563-3377 or online at the link below.
Green Bin Program Online Service Request
**View the Green Bin Program Information Handout**
**View the Green Bin Program FAQ**
Yard Waste Collection
The Town of Essex offers residential curbside collection of seasonal yard waste, including leaves, grass clippings, tree trimmings and garden waste.
The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority collects yard waste through the compostainer program in Ward 1 (Essex Centre) on scheduled Saturdays. Please consult the Collection Calendar for schedules and details.
Essex Ward 1 Compostainer Program Information
If you live in Wards 2, 3 or 4, consult the Collection Calendar for schedules and details regarding acceptable yard waste containers and collection services.
If your yard waste is not collected for any reason other than noted above, please contact GFL Environmental at 519-944-8009. They are contracted by the Town of Essex for yard waste collection.
White Goods Collection
White good are collected, free of charge, on the first Thursday of every month. Only metal items will be collected.
Please complete the White Goods Collection Form to request pick-up no later than noon on the Wednesday before your scheduled collection day.
White Goods Collection Form
White goods include:
* appliances
* metal items
* hot water tanks
* barbecues
* metal bath tubs, metal sinks, etc.
For further questions, please contact 519-776-7336 ext. 1100 or 1101.
Electronic Waste Drop-Off
Drop off your consumer electronics, including computers, cellphones, televisions, printers, scanners, and digital cameras, at the Computers for Kids E-waste Drop Off Bins at the Harrow and Colchester South Community Centre (243 McAffee Street, Harrow) and the Essex Centre Sports Complex (60 Fairview Avenue, Essex).
Drop off your consumer electronics at the Essex Windsor Solid Authority Regional Recycling Depot at 7700 County Road 18, Essex.
Drop off your consumer electronics and other recyclables at the Essex Waste Depot (the Dome) at 14028 Pinkerton Sideroad.
Christmas Trees
Residents may drop off live Christmas trees at one of the designated municipal locations identified below, from December 26 - January 31.
**Co-An Park Parking Lot**11071 Conession 11, McGregor Centre
**Harrow & Colchester South Community Centre**243 McAffee Street, Harrow Centre (south end of parking lot)
**Kinsmen Field House Parking Lot**120 Fairview Avenue West, Essex Centre
Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority Disposal Locations
The EWSWA encourages residents to take advantage of the three depots in the Essex-Windsor region.
Learn more about the EWSWA Drop-Off Depots
**Essex Depot**
7700 County Road 18
(located at the Essex-Windsor Regional Landfill)
**Kingsville Depot**2021 Albuna Townline
(County Road 31)
**Windsor Depot**3560 North Service Road
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Circular Material Recycling Program - Acceptable Materials
Recyclable Material List
## Paper
| **Material** | **What to Know** |
| --- | --- |
| **Cardboard boxes** Pizza boxes, direct mail boxes, moving boxes, shoe boxes. | * Flatten. No larger than 60 x 60 cm. |
| **Boxboard** Cereal boxes, tissue boxes, egg cartons, rolls from toilet paper and paper towel. | * Flatten * Empty |
| **Paper** Any colour, including flour bags, prescription bags, paper produce bags. Notepads, white or coloured loose paper, file folders, other printed materials. Community newspapers, flyers, brochures and magazines. Greeting cards and envelopes, gift boxes | * Empty. * Place shredded paper in a tied clear plastic bag. * Separate from plastic bags used to cover items, remove elastic bands. * Remove rope handle from bags. * Do not include soft or hard covered books/novels. |
| **Paper laminate packaging** Pet food bags, food service paper bags, and plates. | * Empty and free from food residue. |
## Cartons/Containers
| **Material** | **What to Know** |
| --- | --- |
| **Paper laminate containers** Spiral cans, cookie dough package, ice cream containers, and hot and cold beverage cups. | * Empty and free from food residue. * Remove lids. |
| **Cartons** Beverage cartons, juice and milk cartons, coffee creamers, and sugar cartons, soup and sauce cartons. | * Empty and free from food residue. * Lids on. * Do not include alcoholic beverage containers |
## Plastic
| **Material** | **What to Know** |
| --- | --- |
| Laundry detergent and household cleaner jugs, shampoo, body wash, salad dressing, condiment, dish soap, mouth wash bottles, plastic beverage bottles. Food trays, salad, yogurt, peanut butter, bakery and egg containers, plastic cups, plastic tubs and lids. Toothpaste tubes, deodorant, hand cream tubes. Small item packaging, hand sanitizer bottles, plant pots. | * Empty and free from food residue. * Lids on. * Do not include alcoholic beverage containers. |
| **Flexible plastic packaging** Bags used for dry cleaning, bread, newspapers and flyers. Overwrap (paper towel & toilet paper, beverage containers). Coffee bags or deli pouches, chip bags, bubble wrap, snack wrappers, cereal liner bags, plastic gift bags. | * Empty and free from food residue |
| **Foam packaging** Meat trays, takeout containers, cups, plates, bowls, foam packaging for products. | * Empty and free from food residue * Remove film wrap and absorbent pads from meat trays. |
## Metal
| **Material** | **What to Know** |
| --- | --- |
| **Metal** Food cans, metal lids, cookie, coffee and tea tins, beverage cans. | * Empty and free from food residue. * Do not include alcoholic beverage containers. |
| **Aluminum (foils and trays)** Aluminum foil, pie plates, frozen food trays. | * Empty and free from food residue. * Ball up aluminum foil. |
| **Aerosol containers** Food spray, hairspray, air fresheners, shaving cream, deodorant. | * Empty. * Lids on. |
## Glass
| **Material** | **What to Know** |
| --- | --- |
| **Glass containers** Clear and coloured glass. Food containers, jars and bottles, cosmetic containers, spice bottles, oil and vinegar bottles, non-alcoholic glass beverage containers. | * Empty and free from food residue. * Lids off. * Do not include alcoholic beverage containers. |
**For details on what goes where, visit circularmaterials.ca/ON**
## Recycle Coach App
Never miss another collection! Download the Recycle Coach app from the App Store or on Google Play and get collection reminders, customized notifications, program updates and lots more!
## Missed Collection?
For all questions including missed collections, please contact:
**Garbage Collection**
GFL Environmental
519-944-8009
www.gflenv.com
**Green Bin Collection**
Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority (EWSWA)
1-800-563-3377
www.ewswa.org
**Residential Recycling Collection**GFL Environmental
1-844-415-4351
[email protected]
www.gflenv.com
**Commercial Recycling Collection**Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority (EWSWA)
1-800-563-3377
www.ewswa.org
Contact Us
**Town of Essex**
33 Talbot Street South
Essex, Ontario, N8M 1A8
519-776-7336
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