Garbage and Recycling
COVID-19 Waste Collection Updates and Reminders
Garbage Collection Limit
At this time, residents may place up to five bags of untagged garbage out for collection. This includes bulky items. For example, if you have two bulky items, you may place out those and three bags of waste.
If you have concerns regarding collection, please contact Customer Service for assistance and other arrangements at customerservice@eastgwillimbury.ca
Reminders
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Please hold off on disposing large bulky items until regular garbage collection resumes
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Please use brown yard waste bags and/or label any bins clearly as Yard Waste for the collection operators. Be sure to follow Yard Waste collection tips.
Help protect our GFL collection crews by following these tips:
- If you or a family member are in self-isolation, it is advised to dispose of all used tissues, paper towel, used gloves and masks in a wastebasket lined with a plastic bag for disposal as garbage.
- When emptying wastebaskets, take care to not touch any waste with your hands.
- All used disposable contaminated items should be placed in a lined container before disposing of them with other household waste as garbage.
- Clean your hands with soap and water after emptying the wastebasket.
- Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available.
- Disinfectant wipes and baby wipes belong in the garbage and paper towels belong in the green bin. Don’t flush these items in the toilet as this will cause sewer blockages which may lead to a sewer back-up of your house. To search how to properly dispose items, please use York Region’s Bindicator Tool.
Diabetes Canada Textile Collection
Due to COVID-19, ALL textile donations from homes and bins across Canada has been temporarily suspended. Please store the items you want to donate at home until further notice.
2020 Collection Calendar
The 2020 Collection Calendar has arrived! Check your mailboxes for your 2020 Collection Calendar or pick up a copy at the Civic Centre.
Garbage is collected every other week on your scheduled collection day. To find your collection day, please check our online Recycle Coach app or view the Collection Map on page two of the Collection Calendar.
Place garbage, green bins, blue boxes and yard waste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled day, but not earlier than 8 p.m. the night before.
Please be advised that collection times may vary and are subject to change without notification. To check the status of today’s collection, please visit Green for Life (GFL)’s alert page.
2020 Collection Calendar
The 2020 Collection Calendar will be mailed to homes the week of December 10. Click here to view the calendar online.
Collection Tags
Please be advised that the collection tag program begins January 1, 2020.
Collection tags allow you to set out additional garbage that is over the two item limit as well as bulky items on your scheduled collection day. Check out the image below for tips on properly displaying collection tags:
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On a bag |
On a garbage can |
Bulky item |
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Collection tags are sold in quantities of five for $10, do not expire, and are non-refundable. To purchase collection tags, please visit Customer Service at the Civic Centre (19000 Leslie St.)
Collection Limits
Residents can place a maximum of two bags/containers of garbage at the curb every other week for collection. Use one collection tag for each standard sized garbage bag, garbage can or oversized item over the two item limit.
Acceptable Containers for Garbage
Metal or plastic cans |
Plastic garbage bags |
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Who to Call
Green for Life (GFL)
If you have questions about missed collection, broken or damaged bin replacement, or would like to schedule a metal item pick-up please contact GFL:
- Phone - 1-866-421-5625
- Email - WasteLine@gflenv.com
To learn the status of your collection, please visit GFL’s alert page.
Town of East Gwillimbury Customer Service
If you have general waste collection inquires, questions about purchasing collection tags and green or blue bins, please connect with our Customer Service Team:
- Phone - 905-478-4282
- Email - Customerservice@eastgwillimbury.ca
- In-person – 19000 Leslie Street, Sharon ON
What goes where?
For more information on what goes where, please use our Recycle Coach App.
Did you know?
Although it may appear that your weekly recycling (blue box) and organics (green bin) are collected and thrown into a single compartment within our waste collection trucks, in fact, these side load or rear load trucks are divided into two compartments, i.e. one compartment for blue box materials and one compartment for organics. The operator deposits the material in the proper compartment and when fully loaded, the truck goes to the York Region Material Recovery Facility for sorting. Remember, your blue box items do not need to be sorted in the blue box.
