Recycling

Niagara Region is no longer responsible for residential Blue and Grey Box recycling collection services. As of Jan. 1, 2024, Circular Materials assumed responsibility for managing and operating the residential recycling program under Ontario’s Blue Box Regulation.

For questions about your Blue and Grey Box recycling, call 1-833-621-0726 or email Miller Waste Systems.

What goes in each box

Blue Box and Grey Box materials must be kept separate. Here's a quick guide to what goes where. Not sure which box something goes in? Use the item disposal guide to search for any item.

Blue Box

  • Plastic bottles and jugs
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Metal cans and tins
  • Aluminum foil and trays
  • Beverage cartons and juice boxes
  • Aerosol cans (empty)
  • Plastic bags and film (bundled)
  • Milk and juice cartons
  • Hot beverage cups (coffee cups, plastic lined paper cups)
  • Toothpaste tubes
  • Ice cream tubs
  • Frozen juice containers
  • Flexible plastics (bubble wrap, candy wrappers, chip bags)
  • Laminate packaging (frozen fruit, pet food bags)
  • Plastic straws
  • Deoderant sticks

Grey Box

  • Newspapers and flyers
  • Magazines and catalogues
  • Cardboard and boxboard
  • Paper bags and envelopes
Gust of wind

On windy days

Place heavier items on top of lighter materials, don't overfill your boxes, and consider putting recycling out on the morning of collection rather than the night before. Write your address on your boxes with a permanent marker to help identify them if they blow away.