The Municipality of Greenstone provides garbage collection service to residents in all of its communities, and rural areas. Our annual Spring Clean Up helps make our neighbourhoods attractive and provides a scheduled collection service for large and heavy items. Find out how and when you can properly dispose of household hazardous waste materials and other recyclable items (e-waste, metals and tires) at our landfills.
LANDFILL ACCESS
Information about our landfills including hours of operation, fees, accepted waste and locations can be found on our landfills page. The landfills are closed on Statutory Holidays.
Weekly residential garbage collection
Please place your contained garbage on the roadside by 7:00 a.m. on the day of your pickup, as per the Garbage By-law.
View our garbage collection schedules and routes listed below to find your collection day. The garbage collection calendar will provide you with an alternative pickup date for your area in the case of a holiday on your regular garbage day.
We aim to provide great service, but delays sometimes happen due to unplanned events such as highway closures, severe weather, or equipment failure. If a schedule disruption occurs, we will provide notice in our news feed. You can also subscribe to our alerts.
| BEARDMORE WARD |
| If you live in Beardmore Ward, your garbage collection day is on Mondays. Save the Beardmore Ward 2021 garbage collection calendar. View the Beardmore collection route map. |
| RURAL WEST WARD |
| If you live in the Rural West Ward, your garbage collection day is on Wednesdays. Save the Rural West Ward 2021 garbage collection calendar. View the Rural West (Jellicoe and Wildgoose Lake) collection route map. |
| GERALDTON WARD |
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| LONGLAC AND RURAL EAST WARD |
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| NAKINA WARD |
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If you live in the Nakina Ward, your garbage collection is on Thursdays. View the Nakina collection route map. Save the Nakina garbage collection calendar. |
Tips for putting out your garbage
Please follow our Garbage By-law guidelines when you put out your garbage:
- Make sure your garbage is out by 7 am. It is not operationally possible to provide a pickup time. If you missed the collection you can bring your waste to the landfill free of charge during regular hours of operation.
- Use garbage cans with tight-fitting lids. If birds have strewn your garbage about it is your responsibility to clean up the mess.
- Your garbage bag should not exceed 50 lbs.
Our disposal guidelines include:
- Keep your garbage can(s) clean and sanitized.
- Dispose of solid animal waste in a sealed, leak-proof bag.
- Do not dispose of medical sharps, construction waste or liquid waste in your household garbage. These items could harm our staff, cause damage to our garbage truck compactor, or make a mess as we travel down the road.
- Contact your pharmacy to properly dispose of medical sharps. They don't belong in the landfill!
- If it doesn't fit in a can, it shouldn't go in the garbage truck. You can bring household items such as renovation or construction materials to our landfills, or use a local waste bin rental company to help you dispose of larger quantities of waste.
If you didn't follow our rules we will tag your garbage to let you know why it wasn't picked up. The Public Services Department can help you if you have a question about garbage collection or landfill access.
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