Acceptable Container Sizes for Curbside Collection

Sizes of Garbage Bag / Recycling Container Allowed

A garbage bag / can or recycling container may not exceed:

Garbage bags placed inside a container must not exceed the lip of the container.

All garbage cans should have handles on the outside of the container. For garbage cans with lids, the lid must be removable.

If your Grey or Blue Box is full, you may use a rigid, reusable container for your recyclable items. Blue and Grey Box materials must be separated.

The container must be no larger than 3 feet high and 2 feet in diameter.

Metal and/or plastic barrels and drums, and cardboard boxes are not acceptable garbage or recycling containers.

Only flattened cardboard is acceptable inside a cardboard box.

Garbage cans and similar containers can be used as Green Bins by putting a sticker that identifies it as "Organics".

Order your organic sticker online to identify your container as an organics bin.

Sealed cardboard boxes may be used to store broken glass or sharp objects for collection.

Clearly write "broken glass" or "sharp object" on outside of box and call your collection contractor to book pick up:

St. Catharines, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Welland and Fort Erie - Call Miller Waste Systems at 1-833-621-0726
Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, Thorold, Wainfleet and West Lincoln - Call Green for Life at 1-855-971-4550