When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?
In the Township of Loyalist, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Garbage and Recycling (rules page) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-26. Fee: PAYT Bag Tags $2.50 per tag; one tag per Garbage Container; multi-residential bin collection equivalent to 14.444 PAYT Bag Tags per cubic metre. Collection schedule: Mainland curbside pickup of garbage and recycling happens three days a week. Accepted or banned: Hazardous materials should never be placed in household garbage, recycling, or poured down drains.
Garbage and Recycling (rules page)
adopted bylaw
collection schedule
Mainland curbside pickup of garbage and recycling happens three days a week.
Mainland curbside pickup of garbage and recycling happens three days a week.
accepted or banned
Hazardous materials should never be placed in household garbage, recycling, or poured down drains.
should never be placed in household garbage, recycling, or poured down drains
scout note
rules page: curb by 7 am, max 18 kg/40 lb per bag or can, bag tag required on every garbage bag; mainland pickup three days a week; Amherst Island residents use the landfill; brush and yard waste collected spring and fall.
Ward 2 and Ward 3: once per week (or other frequency determined by Council); Ward 1: no curbside collection.
s. 10; s. 11; s. 18
sorting required
yes
s. 12; s. 14
container or bag limit
No limit to number of Garbage Containers; Garbage must be placed in a Garbage Container.
s. 26; s. 12
accepted or banned
Banned at landfill: recyclable cardboard/boxboard from industrial/institutional/commercial, construction materials, drywall, hazardous waste, lawn/garden waste, dead animals, septic waste.
Schedule "C"
fee
PAYT Bag Tags $2.50 per tag; one tag per Garbage Container; multi-residential bin collection equivalent to 14.444 PAYT Bag Tags per cubic metre.
s. 29; s. 30; s. 45
scout note
Curbside garbage and recycling rules: set out after 6 pm the day before, by 7 am; containers max 18 kg (40 lb); 77 L can or bag max 30x38 in; PAYT bag tags required on garbage bags; blue box; brush limits; waste disposal site acceptance. In force July 1, 2015, repealing 2012-108.