Guelph residents participate in a three-stream curbside collection program – green for organics, blue for recyclables and clear/grey for landfill.

What’s my collection day?

Use the Online waste collection lookup tool to find out.

Bags or carts?

Guelph is converting to fully automated cart based collection which is being phased in over three years, starting in 2012.  View a tentative map outlining the three-year rollout schedule.  (Note: This map may be subject to changes.)

Households using bags

Green and blue bags and containers are collected weekly on your regular collection day, while clear waste bags and containers are collected every other week based on two collection schedules—Week A and Week B.

Remember to properly sort your waste

Households using carts

The green cart is collected at the curb every week. The blue and grey cart will be collected on alternate weeks – one week, you’ll put the green and blue carts at the curb; the next week the green and grey carts.

Remember to properly sort your waste