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Garbage Collection

Garbage, green bin, and recycling collection will not take place on their regular days due to the Canada Day holiday. Waste collection will occur one day after your regular collection day during this week.

Read the news release

Apartment / Condo Waste Collection

Effective July 1, Circular Materials Ontario (CMO), and their contractor Emterra now collects and handles your recycling. For issues or broken carts, contact Emterra at 1-888-597-1541.

The city continues to collect garbage and green bin waste. Learn more about the recycling transition.

We offer apartment and condo garbage and organics collection for buildings with seven or more units. Building owners or managers may choose to register for our collection program or arrange collection privately.

Ask your property owner, manager, or superintendent to confirm how waste collection works for your building. 

If your building has signed up for our organics collection program, they will have green bins for organic waste. 

Our What Goes Where tool can help you correctly sort your waste.

We offer organics collection free of charge for residential apartment and condo buildings with seven or more units. Buildings with fewer than seven units are included in our standard household waste collection.

Garbage 

We offer apartment and condo garbage collection for a fee of $65.83 per unit. The total cost of collection is added to the property’s tax bill each year. 

To register, fill out the form for your building type: 

Collection rules

Follow these waste collection rules for apartments and condos to help us keep our collectors safe and ensure your waste is picked up!  

    • Make sure your waste is properly sorted! Unfortunately, not everything is recyclable or compostable. 
    • Place waste in the designated pick up location. 
    • Clear snow and ice from the area around the carts in the winter, and never place the carts on a snowbank.
    • Ensure garbage bags weigh no more than 20kg/44lbs.
    • Ensure green bins weigh no more than 30kg/66lbs.

Uncollected waste 

Our collectors will leave boxes or carts behind if there is a safety risk for them or if they notice items in the box or cart that could negatively affect waste processing. When this happens, they will leave a non-collection notice on your bin or cart to explain why it was left behind. 

Help keep our collectors safe and avoid uncollected waste by following collection rules and keeping your boxes or carts in good working condition. 

Common reasons for uncollected waste:

    • Incorrectly sorted waste 
    • Damaged or broken bins
    • Waste containers overfilled or over the weight limit 
    • Waste in the wrong location for pick up

Contact Us

City of Kingston
City Hall
216 Ontario Street
Kingston, ON K7L 2Z3
Canada
contactus@cityofkingston.ca
Phone: 613-546-0000

The City of Kingston acknowledges that we are on the traditional homeland of the Anishinabek, Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat, and thanks these nations for their care and stewardship over this shared land.

Today, the City is committed to working with Indigenous peoples and all residents to pursue a united path of reconciliation.

Learn more about the City's reconciliation initiatives.

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