Garbage & Recycling

Telephone: 905-895-5193
Fax: 905-953-5135
E-mail: customerservice@newmarket.ca 

 2010 Recycling and Waste Collection Calendar

Missed Collections please call :
Turtle Island 1-866-421-5625 or E-mail YorkCS@turtleislandrecycling.com

The Town of Newmarket provides bi-weekly curbside garbage collection and weekly green bin/recycle collection. As pick-up times may vary for these collection vehicles on your scheduled pick-up day, materials for pick-up must be placed at the curb by 7 a.m. A three bag / item limit is currently in effect in the Town. Three untagged garbage bags up to a total maximum of 6 bags per pick up (3 untagged plus 3 tagged) . The commercial bag limit is a maximum of 6 untagged garbage bags and 6 tagged every other week. Residents are required to purchase garbage bag tags, sold in a package of 5 for $12, to cover additional garbage bags placed at the curb for pick-up.

Green bin collection is here! Organics (green bins) and recycling are collected every week, and garbage is collected every other week. Please consult your Town of Newmarket Garbage and Recycling Collection Calendar, or call 905-895-5193 for more information.  

FAQ's

Does the town supply new waste bins to new home owners?

The green bin distribution program occurred in August 2007, each house received a green bin through the Town's capital program and the bin was to be part of the property of the house.  The blue box was distributed in the mid 1990's under a subsidize capital program. New residents or home buyers have had to purchase blue boxes since then.

Recently, site plan agreements have a fee included to provide a green bin and two blue boxes to each new home or some builders have purchased them as a gesture to the new home buyer as part of purchasing a home from them. If your builder for your development chose not to do either, then residents are required to purchase their bins.

If you have purchased a "re-sale" home, and the previous home owner took the bins with them, the new home owner would have to either retrieve those bins from the previous owner or purchase new ones themself.When residents purchase green and blue bins they become the owner of the bins.

The town does provide free replacements for damaged or broken green bins and blue boxes purchased from the Town.

Useful Links

• York Region Solid Waste Management
• Waste Diversion Ontario
• Recycling Council of Ontario
• Newmarket and the Environment
• Canadian Diabetes Association Clothesline, Redial and Recycle Ink Program
• Freecycle
• Household Waste Guide