Regular Garbage Collection
Regular household garbage is collected weekly in Cornwall. For a map and schedule of the collection process, please click on the following link:
Putting waste out for collection
- Householders are responsible for their garbage and Blue/Black Box until final collection.
- All uncollected material must be removed from the curbside that same day.
- Place your properly prepared solid waste at the curb after 7:00 p.m. the night before or prior to 7:00 a.m. on
the day of your regular solid waste and Blue/Black Box collection. - Do not block walkways or place the refuse in the street.
- Garbage should be properly bagged or placed in suitable containers:
- Bags designed for use as garbage bags: Min. size: 60 cm x 90 cm (24 in. x 36 in.)
- Commercially manufactured garbage containers136 litre (30 gal.) containers, 27 kg (60 lbs.) or less
- Pails, large drums and cardboard boxes are not acceptable
White Goods
White goods (scrap refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, freezers, dishwashers, hot water tanks, furnaces) will not
be collected via the regular garbage collection contractor. Householders should:
- When negotiating the purchase of a new appliance, stipulate the disposal of the old appliance by the vendor.
- Contact local reuse entrepreneurs or scrap metal dealers for collection/disposal of scrap white good items.
- Deliver scrap white goods (including freon appliances) to the City Landfill Site. Tipping fee charges will be levied.
- White good items may be collected by the City at a cost of $25.00 per unit on a once monthly basis. Collection permits must be purchased from the City Taxation Department.
- Doors must be removed from fridges and freezers.
Scrap Tires
Scrap tires will not be collected at the curb. Residents are encouraged to:
- Recycle old tires at the point of purchase.
- Deliver old tires to the City Landfill Site. Tipping fee charges will be levied.
Heavy Garbage Collection
The Garbage Contractor provides an "as encountered" heavy collection. Generally, this means that each resident
will be allowed to put out their heavy refuse for collection on their regular collection day.
- With the exception of brick, asphalt, stones or concrete, residents may carry to the curbside for collection broken plaster, lumber, carpet or other wastes from construction or demolition. These items are to be placed in commercially manufactured garbage containers, 22 to 136 litres (5 to 30 gal.) or stacked and tied in bundles not exceeding 1m. (3 feet) in any dimension or 27 kg. (60 lbs.) in weight. DO NOT contain any waste in cardboard boxes. Waste materials contained in cardboard boxes shall not be collected.
- Discarded furniture and furnishings from the household will be accepted at the curb.NOTE: Old batteries, all metals, electrical wiring, metal bathtubs and sinks are accepted at local scrap metal dealers.
- Automobile parts are not collected at the curb.
Winter Considerations
- Please do not place solid waste or Blue/Black Box materials on top of snow banks.
- Clear snow to ground level at the end of your driveway or near the curb where solid waste and Blue/Black Box material is to be placed for final collection.
- Do not block the sidewalk.
- During winter conditions, it is the responsibility of the householder to expose and loosen solid waste or
Blue/Black Box material covered by snowfall and/or snow removal equipment.
