Curbside Collection
All households are entitled to weekly curbside collection for regular household waste and recycling.
Curbside Collection Guidelines
- Waste Limit: 3 clear bags – bag tags required.
- Recycling Limit: 5 blue bags – no bag tags required.
- Weight Limit: 40lbs/bag
- All bags must be out by 7:00am
- Large items must be taken to the Portland Transfer Station.
- Your bags are YOURS until the driver puts them in the truck. If you have issues with birds & critters, put your bags in a container or cover them with a tarp/blanket. If your bags are torn apart before the truck arrives, it is your responsibility to clean up the mess.
- Businesses DO NOT receive curbside collection.
Private Road Collection
Curbside Collection takes place on most eligible Private Roads from the week of Victoria Day to the week of Thanksgiving.
Check the Private Road Listing to see what level of service your private road receives.
Island Collection
Collection takes place from Victoria Day weekend to mid-September each year.
NEW IN 2026
Waste and recycling will no longer be picked up on Sunday afternoons between 4:00– 6:00PM. Instead, users of the island/water-access-only collection system will be asked to have their bags of waste and recycling set out at their usual island collection point by 8:00 AM on the curbside collection day for that area. On weeks with a public holiday, these collection days will be pushed back by one day (e.g. Monday pushed to Tuesday, Tuesday pushed to Wednesday, Wednesday pushed to Thursday).
This represents islanders/water-access-only residents’ curbside collection and all the rules associated with curbside collection apply.
Island Collection Guidelines
- Waste Limit: 3 clear bags – bag tags required.
- Recycling Limit: 5 blue bags – no bag tags required.
- Weight Limit: 40lbs/bag
- Construction or demolition material and other large items are not accepted.
- Only set out your bags on your scheduled collection day.
Locations
Monday
- Forrester’s Landing Boat Launch (Monday)
- Newboro Harbour (Monday)
Tuesday
- Franklin’s Drive Boat Launch (Tuesday)
- Sand Lake Marina (Tuesday)
Wednesday
- Lower Beverly Lake Park Boat Launch (Wednesday)
- Portland Harbour (Wednesday)