notes: rules page: weekly curbside; Tuesday (green) or Friday (red) by address; weight limit 50 lb/bag, 75 lb/container; out by 7 a.m.; spring clean-up (bundled brush only); large items to landfill.
Garbage & recycling — Nipigon, Ontario
When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?
In the Township of Nipigon, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Nipigon Garbage Collection page and 2 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-19. Fee: There is no tipping fee for Nipigon residents/property users on regular household garbage (appropriately bagged). Accepted or banned: Cardboard Cartons are not considered as rural garbage or regular garbage. Collection schedule: Tuesdays or Fridays depending on street address.
| accepted or banned | Cardboard Cartons are not considered as rural garbage or regular garbage. | Cardboard Cartons are not considered as rural garbage or regular garbage |
| fee | There is no tipping fee for Nipigon residents/property users on regular household garbage (appropriately bagged). | no tipping fee for Nipigon residents/property users |
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notes: rules page: landfill site operations and contact; links landfill policy.
| collection schedule | Tuesdays or Fridays depending on street address | "Township garbage collection is on Tuesdays or Fridays depending on the street address." |
| accepted or banned | Accepted: tires, metal, e-waste, cardboard (at Recycling Depot). Banned: non-residents' materials; scavenging prohibited. | "all materials/refuse will not be accepted from Non-Residents"; "E-waste...Will be accepted at the Landfill"; "Cardboard Cartons...can be recycled at the Nipigon Recycling Depot"; "Scavenging is prohibited." |
| fee | No tipping fee for Nipigon residents on regular household garbage; non-regular garbage fees by load size from $10.00 (half load) to $250.00 (end dump tractor trailer); asbestos $60.00/cu yd + labour | "There is no tipping fee for Nipigon residents/property users on regular household garbage (appropriately bagged)"; Schedule A tipping fee table |
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Landfill policy revised Nov 27, 2025 under By-law 1990: residents pay no fee for regular household garbage; load-size fee schedule (e.g. $10 half load to $250 tractor trailer); non-residents refused; summer/winter hours; spring/fall clean-up.