Garbage and Recycling

Collection Schedule

View the 2021 Garbage and Recycling Collection Schedule.

Change to Elma Hamlets Collection Day Effective May 3, 2021:

Effective May 3, 2021, the collection day for the Elma Hamlets (Atwood, Newry, Trowbridge, Donegal, Monkton, and Britton) will move to Mondays from the current Wednesday collection. Thank you for your understanding.

How to get a bin

If you need to order garbage and recycling wheelie bins, please contact Public Works.

How to use your bins

• Park it – Place your bins just off the roadway on the shoulder grass or driveway.
• Point it – The arrow on the bin lid must point to the centre of the road.
• Space it – Leave at least 1 meter (or an arms length) of clearance between each bin and any obstacles, such as parked cars, poles and mailboxes.
• All material must fit in the bin and the lid must close.
• No extra materials will be collected. Please recycle when you can!
• Breakdown boxes and flatten your containers to allow for better fit in your bins.
• Have your bins out by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. This will ensure they are picked up.

Recycling

Recyclable material goes in the wheelie bin with the BLUE lid. Visit the Bluewater Recycling Website for a full list of what can go in your recycling wheelie bin.

Recycling depot bins

Around North Perth there are recycling depot bins set up for you to use if you have recycling that cannot fit in your wheelie bin. The bins look like blue dumpster bins. This is for RECYCLING ONLY.

The bins are located at the following location:

• Steve Kerr Memorial Complex – 965 Binning Street West, Listowel, ON
• Listowel Legion Parking Lot – 575 Elizabeth Street East, Listowel, ON
• Listowel Public Works Yard – 580 Main Street West, Listowel, ON
• Wallace Public Works Shop – 5882 Line 88, Gowanstown, ON
• Kurtzville Arena – 6670 Perth Line 88, Kurtzville, ON
• Elma Landfill – 7080 Road 166, Atwood, ON
• Elma Memorial Community Centre – 251 Main Street, Atwood, ON
• Elma Logan Recreation Complex – 200 Nelson Street, Monkton, ON

Garbage

Garbage material goes in the wheelie bin with the BLACK lid. Visit the Bluewater Recycling website to see what can and cannot go in your garbage bin.

Holidays

The only holidays that Bluewater Recycling does not pick up is Christmas Day and New Years Day. For all other holidays, pickup will be as usual.

Landfill Hours

• Tuesday - 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
• Wednesday - 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
• Thursday - 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
• Friday - 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
• Saturday - 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Please note that use of the Elma Landfill is for North Perth residents only. To use the landfill, you must provide proof that you are a current North Perth resident. This can be achieved by providing one of the following:

• Current landfill account (available to North Perth property owners only)
• Driver's licence with North Perth address
• Current North Perth property tax bill

Landfill Billing and Payment

Effective September 1, 2020, the Elma Landfill will resume the normal process for accepting payments, including cash, cheque or debit. North Perth Landfill accounts will be accessible to property owners only.

Landfill transactions that are less than $30.00 will be encouraged to pay by cash, debit or cheque, at the time of the transaction. Landfill transactions that are more than $30.00 may also be left on account to be invoiced (if you are a North Perth property owner).

Landfill accounts will be managed as follows:

• On a monthly basis, accounts under $30.00 will have an additional $5.00 administration fee added.
• Interest will be added monthly on overdue accounts.
• Accounts that are overdue for 90 days will have the balance added to property taxes with an additional $100.00 fee from the transfer to taxes.
• Any accounts that are outstanding for 90 days (billed during COVID-19) as of September 1, 2020 will have until September 30, 2020 to make the payment. As of October 1, 2020, outstanding balances will be added to property taxes along with the transfer fee.
• If you are a tenant and you have an outstanding account, you will not be given access to the landfill until your account is paid in full.

Landfill Tipping Fees

• Landfill Tipping Fees - January 2021