Municipality |
Upper Tier Municipality |
Population |
Rural/Urban |
System Type |
Start Date |
Unit Cost |
System Description |
| Hamilton, Township | Northumberland | 10,000 |
0/100 | partial | 01-Jul-95 |
$1.00/tag | Part of Northumberland County Wet-Dry system as of April 15, 1996. Residents purchase tags for wet material at local retailers. There is a 3 bag limit on wet material per collection. A flat rate of $10.00 is added to tax bill for dry material collection. |
| Ingersoll, Town | Oxford | 10,000 |
0/100 | full | 01-Jul-96 |
$1.00/tag | Every unit of garbage set out requires a tag in order to be collected. Residents can purchase tags at the municipal office, convenience stores, grocery stores, or video outlets. There is a weight limit of 18 kg/tag. |
| Mississippi Mills, Town | Lanark | 10,700 |
43/57 | partial | 01-Jan-98 |
$2.00/tag | The townships of Almonte, Pakenham and Ramsay recently amalgamated and implemented a partial user pay system for the Township of Mississppi Mills. Residents receive 100 "free" tags per year and businesses receive 360 "free" tags per year. |
| West Lincoln, Township | Niagara Region | 11,238 |
partial | 01-Feb-98 |
$1.00/tag | Residents can set out 3 "free" containers per week; additional bags must bear a tag. Tags can be purchased at local convenience stores. Plans are to switch to 2 "free" containers in 2001. There are 12 municipalities in the Region of Niagara with 4 currently on a user pay program. Upon approval, all 12 will be on a partial user pay program by the year 2000. | |
| Pittsburgh, Township | Frontenac | 11,416 |
partial | 17-Jan-94 |
$2.00/tag | Residents can set out 2 bags for collection at no direct charge; additional bags must bear a tag purchased at township offices or at local retail outlets. | |
| North Perth, Town | Perth | 12,000 |
combination | 01-Jan-98 |
$1.00/tag (Elma), $1.00/tag for the first bag, $2.00/tag for the second bag (Listowel) | Elma: residents can set out 2 bags for every collection (biweekly) at no direct charge; additional bags require a tag which can be purchased at the township office, stores, garages or restaurants. Listowel: residents can set out a maximum of 2 bags. | |
| Collingwood, Town | Simcoe | 12,667 |
0/100 | partial | 04-Jun-94 |
$1.50/tag | Residents can set out 3 bags for collection at no direct charge; additional bags must bear a tag purchased at municipal offices. There is a limit of 6 bags per residence per week. |
| Huntsville, Town | Muskoka | 13,404 |
partial | 01-Sep-92 |
$1.00/tag | Residents can set out 3 bags for collection at no direct charge; additional bags must bear a tag purchased from the Town offices. Garbage collection is done on alternate weeks (bi-weekly) from September 15-June1 and weekly from June 1-September 15. | |
| Greater Napanee, Town | Lennox and Addington | 13,782 |
full | 01-Jun-93 |
$1.00/tag | Garbage must be placed in bags which require a tag in order to be collected. Residents can purchase tags at Town Hall where if they buy one tag, they get one free. | |
| Pelham, Town | Niagara Region | 14,343 |
0/100 | partial | 01-Feb-98 |
$1.00/tag | Residents can set out 3 "free" containers per week; additional bags must bear a tag. Tags can be purchased at local convenience stores. Plans are to switch to 2 "free" containers in 2001. There are 12 municipalities in the Niagara Region with 4 that are currently on a user pay program. Upon approval, all 12 will be on a partial user pay program by the year 2000. |
| South Frontenac, Township | Frontenac | 14,900 |
partial | 04-Jul-94 |
$2.00/tag purchased in blocks of ten | Loughborough Township has recently amalgamated with Bedford, Portland and Storrington. Loughborough has kept its user pay program which allows 2 "free" bags per collection; additional bags require a tag. The township also has a fee structure for direct disposal at the local landfill | |
| Osgoode, Township | Ottawa-Carleton | 16,000 |
50/50 | full | 26-Jan-98 |
$1.00/tag | All bags of garbage placed curbside must have a tag in order to be collected. Residents can purchase tags at retail outlets, community centres, and libraries in each village; also, residents purchase tags at fire hall, or township office. There is a weight limit of 22 kg per bag. |
| Middlesex Centre, Township of | Middlesex | 16,500 |
50/50 | full | 01-Jan-98 |
$1.50/tag | All garbage bags placed curbside for collection require tags. Residents can purchase tags at stores, businesses, or township offices. There is a lift limit of 18 kg. |
| Port Colborne, City | Niagara | 18,627 |
22/78 | partial | 01-Oct-94 |
$1.00/tag for partial system $0.50/bag for organic waste | Residents can set out 4 bags/week at no direct charge, the IC and I sector can set out 9 bags/week at no direct charge. Additional bags must bear a tag. Tags can be purchased at municipal offices or at local retailers. There is a lift limit of 23 kg/bag. |
| Lincoln, Town | Niagara Region | 19,000 |
0/100 | partial | 01-Jan-98 |
$1.00/tag | Residents can set out 3 "free" bags or containers per week; additional bags or containers must bear a tag. Tags can be purchased at local convenience stores. Plans are to switch to 2 "free" containers in 2001. There are 12 municipalities in the Niagara Region with 4 currently on a user pay program. Upon approval, all 12 will be on a partial user pay program byt he year 2000. |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville, Town | York | 20,200 |
50/50 | partial | 01-Jan-94 |
$1.50/sticker | Residents can set out 3 bags per collection at no direct charge; additional bags must have a sticker which can be purchased at variety stores. Limit of 6 additional bags. |
| Innisfil, Town | Simcoe | 21,000 |
40/60 | partial | 06-Jul-98 |
$1.00/tag | Residents can set out 2 bags for collection at no direct charge; additional bags require a tag which can be purchased at municipal offices, libraries and convenience stores. Leaf and yard waste is collected in the spring and fall, christmas trees are collected in January and there is a large item pick up once a year. Garbage is collected weekly, blue box biweekly. |
| Brockville, City | Leeds and Grenville | 21,207 |
0/100 | partial | $1.25/tag | On July 1, 1992 a partial system was implemented where residents could set out 2 bags at no direct charge, additional bags had to bear a tag at $1.50/tag. On June 3, 1996 a 1 bag limit with additional tags costing $1.25/tag was implemented. Tags can be purchased at the municipal distribution centre. | |
| New Tecumseth, Town | Simcoe | 23,000 |
60/40 | partial | 01-Mar-96 |
$1.00/tag | Residents can set out 2 bags/week or 4 bags/two week collection. Waste is collected bi-weekly from September 1-May 31 and weekly during June, July and August. Additional bags need a tag which can be purchased at the municipal offices or local variety stores. |
| Orillia, City | Simcoe | 27,000 |
0/100 | partial | 02-Jul-97 |
$1.50/tag or 5 for $7.50 | Residents receive the equivalent of a "free" tag each week at the start of each year; additional tags can be purchased at city hall or the landfill site. As well, four stores have applied to sell the tags. There is a weight limit of 20 kg/bag. |
| Stratford, City | Perth | 29,000 |
0/100 | full | 13-Jan-97 |
$1.20/tag | Residents must affix tags to all bags of garbage set out for collection. Tags can be purchased at 14 locations including city hall, a seniors centre, two department stores, and convenience stores. Standard garbage bags need 1 tag, grocery bags 1/2 tag, containers: up to 128L, 1 tag; 129-140, 2 tags; 240-360, 3 tags. At the landfill site, disposal costs $0.50 for a bag or can and $52.50 for loose loads. |
| Georgina, Town | York | 32,000 |
full | 06-Jan-97 |
$1.00/tag | Garbage bags must have a tag to be collected. Residents can puchase tags from about 40 local stores, the library, or the civic centre. There is a weight limit of 23 kg/bag and the largest size allowed for pick up are the orange leaf bags. | |
| Belleville, City | Hastings | 35,169 |
0/100 | full | 01-Apr-96 |
$1.00/tag | Garbage bags placed curbside must have a tag affixed in order to be collected. A partial user pay program was implemented in 1995 where residents could set out 6 bags for collection at no charge; additional bags had to bear a tag. In 1996, a full user pay program was implemented where all bags of garbage set out require a tag for collection. There is a weight limit of 23 kg per bag. |