When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?
In the Municipality of Whitestone, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by By-law No. 47-2021 Waste Management (Managing the Disposal of Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-19. Fee: Fees set out in Municipality’s Fees and Charges By-law; bag tags purchased for a fee; cash not accepted at landfill/transfer facility. Accepted or banned: Banned: hazardous, biomedical, radioactive, liquid, explosive waste; recyclables accepted per Schedule B.
By-law No. 47-2021 Waste Management (Managing the Disposal of Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials)
adopted bylaw
sorting required
yes
s. 8.1
accepted or banned
Banned: hazardous, biomedical, radioactive, liquid, explosive waste; recyclables accepted per Schedule B.
Schedule "A"; Schedule "B"
fee
Fees set out in Municipality’s Fees and Charges By-law; bag tags purchased for a fee; cash not accepted at landfill/transfer facility.
s. 5.4(e); s. 5.5; s. 7.2
scout note
Municipality of Whitestone by-law governing disposal of solid waste and recyclables at municipal facilities; repeals By-law 19-2010. Image-scan PDF (OCR confirmed title/number).
No longer accept tires, commercial construction & demolition, commercial brush or boats (unless metal and stripped of all non-metal parts and liquids).
We no longer accept tires, commercial construction & demolition
scout note
rules page: Winter and summer landfill hours for York Street and Auld's Road sites (Dunchurch), clear bags mandatory since Jan 2021, items no longer accepted (tires, commercial C&D, brush, boats), link to landfill rates and fees schedule.