Waste Management

Check out our interactive Garbage App to find your garbage days or view our Garbage Collection Maps to find out which collection zone you live in.

Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling will pick up garbage on all statutory holidays, except for Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Please continue to place your garbage curbside by the normal 7:00 a.m. time on all remaining holidays. If you miss this time, drivers won't return to pick up missed garbage.

All household garbage must be:

• At your curb by 7:00 a.m.
• Bagged and placed in acceptable garbage containers that are protected from rodents, animals, insects and birds
• No heavier than 11 kg (or 25 lbs) per bag/container
• Free of hazardous waste
• Free of manure, ashes, hay, straw, grass clippings and leaves.
• Affixed with a bag tag
• Clearly visible to drivers and pedestrians, and not hidden behind a vehicle, snow bank or other obstruction

 If you use a large garbage collection box at your property, you must follow our garbage box requirements. Garbage boxes must clearly indicate whether there is garbage inside the box or not. This can include a mailbox flag or a yes/no sign which must be visible from the road. 

Industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) locations are ineligible for Ontario's curbside Blue Box program as of January 1, 2026. This means businesses, commercial farms, places of worship, non-profits, and other institutions no longer receive curbside pickup of recyclables as of January 1.

For those customers who are ineligible to participate in Ontario's recycling collection, the Town offers a free drop-off recycling program. Learn more about our Ineligible Sources program.

You can drop off expired fluorescent bulbs and tubes at the Southampton Landfill. These items are taken to a facility that discards mercury and other hazardous chemicals properly.

You can drop off your empty propane tanks at the Southampton Landfill, where they are recycled properly.

You can drop off household batteries at the Southampton Landfill. The batteries are then taken to a disposal facility.

You can drop off your mattresses and box springs at the Southampton Landfill, with a fee of $31.11 per mattress.

You can bring on and off-rim and tires to the Southampton Landfill at no cost.

We will accept Freon units, air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, water coolers and dehumidifiers at the Saugeen Shores Landfill, only if they have been certified and tagged as "Freon Free."

We accept recycling of fire extinguishers at the Southampton Landfill.

View our procedures on recycling electronic waste.

FoodCycler

Join your municipality in tackling food waste by piloting FoodCycler™ technology in your home. Support your municipality by testing this innovative technology! Visit our Food Waste Diversion Program page for more information.

Green Cones

Assembly and Operation of your Green Cone. If you would like to purchase from the Town use our online form.

162 Concession 14 Southampton, right beside the landfill. Open 24/7, free of charge

Acceptable items: Leaves, grass clippings and plants

Brush (branches) cannot go to this site; they must go to the landfill on open days

No Garbage - Example plant plastic containers