Recycling & Garbage

Garbage weeks alternate with recycling weeks and organics is collected weekly. Click here​ to see your schedule. If your garbage cannot fit into your garbage cart (with lid closed) it must be bagged separate (placed 2 feet apart from other cart or objects) with a garbage tag affixed.

Maximum 5 tagged ​bags bi-weekly per property (in addition to your garbage cart) are permitted. Max 20 kgs/bag.​

• Town Hall - 30 Lewis St
• Public Works - 150 Westbury Rd

The County of Simcoe is mandated to provide residential waste collection services.  Services include bi-weekly garbage and recycling on alternating weeks and green bin collection weekly.

Collections are made in Wasaga Beach for your area on one of two days, Mondays or Fridays.  Please check the Simcoe County Collection Schedule 

Items must be to the curb side by 6:00 am on your scheduled pickup day.

What goes where and how it goes?

• Bi-Weekly Garbage
• Organics
• Bi-Weekly Recycling

Leaf and yard waste must be placed in kraft paper leaf bags or open-top rigid containers. NO PLASTIC BAGS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Maximum Weight: 20kg / 44lbs each
Standard Bag Size: 76cm x 92cm / 30" x 36"
Maximum Can Size: 77L / 17gal

As of January 1, 2026, your recycling will still be collected on the same day and using the same carts. The only difference is that it will be picked up by new trucks operated by Emterra Environmental Inc. (Emterra), on behalf of Circular Materials. Garbage and organics will continue to be collected by Miller Waste on behalf of the County.

• Recycling and organics will continue to be collected on the same day but handled by separate trucks from different contractors, meaning that collection will occur at different times due to distinct routing schedules.
• To ensure all materials are collected, on your collection weeks please place recycling and/or garbage and/or organics at the curb by 7 a.m. (or 6 a.m. in some downtown cores) on your scheduled collection day. Collection schedules will remain the same with garbage and recycling alternating weeks and organics collected weekly.