Garbage & recycling — Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario

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

Regional municipality of Regional Municipality of Halton has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-09.

Waste Collection By-law 123-12 adopted bylaw
collection schedule Garbage: every other week (residential); weekly for organic waste and recyclables (residential); once a week for commercial/industrial garbage. Yard Waste: March to December, every other week. Schedule "A"
sorting required True s. 2.13
container or bag limit Residential: 3 Garbage Receptacles per unit; up to 3 additional with Garbage Tag. Commercial/Industrial/Institutional: 6 Garbage Receptacles per property. Residential Bulk Waste: 3 items per scheduled collection day. s. 2.2; s. 2.3; s. 3.2; Schedule "A"
accepted or banned Banned: hazardous waste, WEEE, biomedical waste, liquid waste, tires, automotive parts, dead animals, construction debris. Schedule "G"
scout note

Establishes and implements single-tier waste management throughout Halton Region.

Machine-readable: garbage-recycling.json · Official website: http://www.halton.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-09 · Garbage & recycling in other municipalities