Niagara Collection Lock: Find This Week’s Garbage, Holiday Changes and Large-Item Route
Search your exact address first, then use Niagara Region’s official Area A/B calendar to confirm whether garbage is due this week. This resident guide also covers the two-bag limit, St. Catharines pickup, weekly recycling and Green Bin service, holiday shifts, large-item booking, missed collection contacts and depot fees.
Quick Answer: When Is Garbage Pickup This Week in Niagara?
Niagara garbage is collected every other week. Green Bins, residential recycling and eligible leaf and yard waste are collected weekly. Use the official address lookup to find your weekday, then check whether your municipality is in the scheduled Area A or Area B garbage week.
Find your weekday
Enter the full civic address. Do not rely on a municipality name or a neighbour’s set-out.
Check the coloured week
Area A and Area B alternate garbage weeks throughout the official 2026 calendar.
Prepare by 7 a.m.
Material may go out after 5 p.m. the night before and must be ready by 7 a.m.
This guide covers Niagara Region in Ontario. U.S. Niagara Falls and Town of Niagara schedules follow different collection systems.
Niagara Region Garbage Collection Schedule Today and This Week
Choose your municipality and a date. This helper follows the Area A/B rotation printed in the official January 2026–January 2027 collection guide. It does not replace the address lookup for your street’s weekday.
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The current date determines the coloured garbage week, not the property’s collection weekday.
Green Bin, recycling and eligible yard waste remain weekly even when garbage is not due.
Always confirm the regular weekday, property limits, service alerts and collection point through Niagara Region’s address result.
How to Use Niagara Region’s Official Address Lookup
Enter the complete property address
Use the house number and street name for the property receiving regional collection.
Confirm the collection weekday
Review garbage, Green Bin, recycling and seasonal collection details shown for the property.
Use the item-disposal search
Search mattresses, electronics, paint, drywall, batteries and other uncertain materials before setting them out.
Activate reminders and service alerts
The Niagara Region Waste app provides collection reminders and disruption notifications.
Niagara Region Garbage Collection Schedule 2026 PDF
The official PDF covers January 2026 through January 2027. It identifies Area A/B garbage weeks, weekly Green Bin and yard-waste service, branch dates, Christmas-tree collection, holiday exceptions, large-item contacts and depot information.
Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Pelham, St. Catharines, Thorold, Wainfleet and West Lincoln
Garbage is collected during the blue Area A weeks.
Grimsby, Lincoln, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne and Welland
Garbage is collected during the orange Area B weeks.
2026 Area A garbage weeks
2026 Area B garbage weeks
Each listed date is the Monday starting that coloured collection week. Your home may be collected later in that same week.
What Is Collected Weekly and Every Other Week?
Using weekly diversion services correctly is the easiest way to stay within Niagara’s limited garbage allowance.
Every other week
Eligible households normally receive a two-bag or two-can limit.
Every week
The official guide does not limit the number of Green Bins set out correctly.
Every week
Residential service continues through Circular Materials and Miller Waste.
Every week
Year-round for eligible houses and apartment buildings with two to six units.
Niagara Garbage Rules: Two-Bag Limit, Size, Weight and Tags
Two bags or cans
Eligible residents may place out two garbage bags or containers every other week.
91 cm high × 61 cm diameter
Each full bag or container must weigh no more than 22.7 kg or 50 lb.
Bag all garbage
Garbage cannot be loose in a can. Bags must stay below the rim, and cans need exterior handles and a removable lid.
Correct curb placement
- Set material out after 5 p.m. the night before.
- Have all containers ready by 7 a.m.
- Keep material off roads, sidewalks, paths and bike lanes.
- Do not place bags or containers on a snowbank.
- Shovel a visible, accessible winter collection area.
- Keep every container within the published weight limit.
Garbage tags for extra bags
Garbage tags currently cost $3.30 each and are non-refundable. Place the tag around the neck of an extra bag. For an extra can, put the tag on top of the bagged material inside the container—not on the outside of the can.
Tags purchased online are mailed. Order before you need them or buy from a listed local location.
Exemptions for unavoidable extra waste
Children under four
Eligible small residential properties must participate fully in weekly Green Bin and recycling programmes.
Verified non-hazardous waste
The application requires health-care verification and applies only to unavoidable non-hazardous medical material.
Physical-access assistance
Residents physically unable to carry containers to the curb can ask the Waste Info-line about eligibility.
Niagara Recycling in 2026: New Materials and a Separate Contact
Residential recycling remains weekly with no planned schedule or curbside-container change. Circular Materials manages the programme, and Miller Waste handles missed collections, replacement boxes and accepted-material questions.
Common accepted material
- Paper, newspapers and printed material.
- Flattened cardboard and boxboard.
- Paper-laminate packaging emptied of residue.
- Cardboard prepared no larger than 60 × 60 cm.
Expanded 2026 list
- Metal, glass and accepted plastic containers.
- Cartons, coffee cups and other beverage cups.
- Foam packaging.
- Flexible plastics such as chip bags and wrappers.
- Toothpaste tubes and deodorant sticks.
- Ice-cream tubs and multi-laminate pouches.
Toys, books, pots and pans, diapers, organics and ceramics remain outside the Blue/Grey Box programme.
Miller Waste: 1-833-621-0726
Recycling remains weekly. Use Niagara’s address tool or the Circular Materials app for reminders and service alerts.
Industrial, commercial and institutional properties, places of worship and other non-eligible sources no longer receive Niagara Region recycling collection. They must arrange private service or use eligible depot drop-off.
Weekly Green Bin Collection: Liners, Containers and Pest Control
Green Bins are collected weekly in every Niagara municipality. They accept food, soiled paper and several materials that cannot go into a backyard composter.
Food, paper and organics
- Food scraps, coffee grounds, filters and tea bags.
- Paper napkins, tissues, towels, bags and plates.
- Paper takeout containers, drink trays and egg cartons.
- Pet waste and litter in an approved liner.
- Cold fireplace ashes in paper or an approved liner.
- Solid fats, oils and grease or liquid absorbed with paper.
Do not use grocery bags
- Newspaper or flyers.
- Cardboard.
- Paper food-waste bags.
- Certified compostable bags showing an accepted certification logo.
Alternative organics container
A handled garbage-style container can be used as an organics bin when it carries Niagara’s organics identification sticker. It must stay at or below 91 cm high, 61 cm in diameter and 22.7 kg when full.
Reduce smells and animals
- Store the bin away from direct sunlight.
- Keep it away from walls or railings animals can climb.
- Use the locking handle correctly.
- Freeze meat scraps before collection day when practical.
- Put the bin out in the morning instead of overnight during pest season.
- Remove any bungee cord before collection.
Broken Green Bins can be replaced without charge. New or additional Green Bins and Kitchen Catchers are available through regional distribution options.
Yard Waste, Branches and Christmas Tree Collection
Weekly year-round
Eligible houses and two-to-six-unit apartment buildings can place out unlimited accepted yard-waste bags each week.
May 4–29 and Oct. 26–Nov. 20
Branch bundles are collected on the property’s regular collection day during these spring and fall windows.
Jan. 5–9, 2026
The next published window is Jan. 4–8, 2027, on the regular collection day.
Weekly yard-waste preparation
- Use an accepted compostable yard-waste bag or reusable container.
- Have material at the curb by 7 a.m.
- Small twigs must be no more than 1.5 cm in diameter and 30.5 cm long.
- Keep food waste and household garbage out.
Branch bundle limits
- Tie bundles securely with twine.
- Maximum weight: 22.7 kg or 50 lb.
- Maximum length: 1.5 m or 5 ft.
- Maximum bundle diameter: 0.5 m or 1.6 ft.
- Individual branches cannot exceed 7 cm in diameter.
Christmas tree preparation
- Remove lights, ornaments, decorations and stands.
- Do not wrap the tree in plastic.
- Keep it visible and free of snow.
- Artificial trees require a separate large-item booking.
Leave grass on the lawn to break down naturally or take it to an eligible regional drop-off depot without a residential yard-waste fee.
Niagara Region Garbage Collection Holiday Schedule
Niagara does not apply one automatic holiday-delay rule to every statutory holiday. Use the dated official notice or the Waste app before moving a collection day.
No curbside schedule change
Follow the normal address schedule. Regional depots operate listed statutory-holiday hours.
Friday, Dec. 25, 2026
There is no Friday collection. Friday routes move to Saturday, Dec. 26.
Friday, Jan. 1, 2027
There is no Friday collection. Friday routes move to Saturday, Jan. 2.
Residential properties may place out two additional garbage bags or cans per unit without tags on their first garbage collection day following Dec. 25.
Do not assume collection shifts. Check the live address calendar, app alert or Niagara Region’s dated holiday-hours page.
Niagara Garbage Collection for Large Items
Large-item pickup is appointment-based. Submit the request at least two working days before the regular garbage day and wait for confirmation before placing the item outside.
Four accepted items
The limit is four large household items per garbage collection for each eligible residential unit.
Houses and two-to-six-unit buildings
A specific mixed-use or multi-residential exception applies in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Appliances and metal
Appliances and metal household items are not collected curbside. Use a regional depot or private scrap-metal service.
Choose the correct booking contractor
1-833-621-0726
Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, St. Catharines and Welland.
1-855-971-4550
Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, Thorold, Wainfleet and West Lincoln.
Before you book
- Search the item in Niagara’s disposal guide.
- Confirm that the object is too large for a normal garbage bag or can.
- Count separate pieces toward the four-item maximum.
- Book at least two working days in advance.
- Record the booking or confirmation number.
- Place only confirmed items at the curb by 7 a.m.
- Do not create an unrestricted moving or renovation pile.
Missed Niagara Garbage, Green Bin, Yard Waste or Recycling
Use the correct customer-service route. Niagara Region handles garbage, Green Bin, yard waste and large items; Miller Waste handles residential Blue/Grey Box recycling.
Was it collection-ready?
- The address lookup showed collection that day.
- Garbage was due for the correct Area week.
- Everything was ready by 7 a.m.
- Material was not set out before 5 p.m. the previous day.
- Bags and containers were below 22.7 kg.
- Extra garbage carried a valid tag.
- Snow, cars or another obstruction did not block access.
Choose the waste stream
- Garbage, Green Bin or yard waste: Waste Info-line.
- Residential Blue/Grey Box: Miller Waste.
- Booked furniture: the contractor that accepted the booking.
- Check the Waste app for a route disruption first.
- Leave material available when instructed.
Toll-free: 1-800-594-5542
Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Miller Waste: 1-833-621-0726
Useful phone script
“I am reporting a missed [garbage / Green Bin / recycling / yard waste / booked large item] collection at [full address]. The official schedule showed pickup on [date]. It was out by 7 a.m., within the weight and container limits, and not blocked by snow or a vehicle. Is there a route delay or a preparation issue I need to correct?”
Houses, Apartments, Businesses and Special Collection Areas
Standard residential programmes
Normally receives two-bag garbage, weekly Green Bin and recycling, yard waste and large-item eligibility.
Property-specific curbside service
Garbage may remain every other week, but containers, collection points and large-item eligibility can differ.
Private recycling may be required
Non-eligible recycling sources must arrange private service or use an eligible regional recycling depot.
Downtown, commercial, mixed-use and institutional properties should use the address lookup rather than applying normal residential bag limits.
Niagara Drop-Off Depots, Fees and Household Hazardous Waste
Check the selected site before travelling. General waste eligibility, hazardous-waste acceptance and fees differ by location.
Current disposal-fee examples
0–50 kg: $9 flat fee
Loads of 51 kg or more are currently charged at $128 per tonne.
Garbage fee + $12 each
Verify the selected depot accepts the item before travel.
$24 without removal sticker
The fee applies when an appliance still contains refrigerant and lacks proof of removal.
Household hazardous-waste limits
- Maximum 40 litres of liquid hazardous waste per day.
- No individual liquid container larger than 20 litres.
- Maximum 15 fluorescent bulbs.
- Oil, gasoline and fuel cannot be poured into another depot container.
- Containers are not returned.
- Commercial hazardous waste is not accepted.
Materials commonly accepted without a residential diversion fee
Availability varies by location, but the guide lists Blue/Grey Box recycling, electronics, tires, reusable clothing, scrap metal, household hazardous waste, fats/oils/grease, large rigid household plastics and leaf/yard waste as no-fee residential streams at applicable depots.
Stop at the scale, declare the material and follow site directions. Call before transporting oversized loads, soil, asbestos or unusual construction waste.
St. Catharines Garbage Collection Schedule
St. Catharines is an Area A municipality. Garbage is collected during Area A weeks, while Green Bin, residential recycling and eligible yard waste continue weekly. Use the address lookup for the exact weekday.
Area A
Use the blue weeks in the official Niagara Region calendar.
Green Bin and recycling
These streams continue even when it is not a garbage week.
Miller Waste
Book at least two working days in advance at 1-833-621-0726.
Common Niagara Collection Mistakes
Using Area A/B without the street weekday
The PDF identifies the garbage week. It cannot identify the property’s regular weekday.
Moving every collection one day later
Canada Day has no change, while specific Christmas and New Year Friday routes shift to Saturday.
Throwing accepted packaging into garbage
Coffee cups, flexible plastics, toothpaste tubes and more entered the standardized 2026 recycling list.
Placing a large item out without confirmation
Large items require advance booking and are limited to four accepted pieces.
Official Niagara Waste Links
The resident instructions are explained above. Use these official pages for the live date, booking, purchase or final disposal decision.
Niagara Garbage Collection FAQs
When is garbage pickup this week in Niagara Region?
Enter the property address in Niagara Region’s official lookup to find the weekday. Then check whether the municipality is Area A or Area B and whether that Area is scheduled for garbage that week.
How do I check the Niagara Region garbage collection schedule today?
Use the official address lookup or Niagara Region Waste app. The Area A/B PDF identifies the garbage week, while the address result identifies the exact weekday and property details.
Is there a Niagara Region garbage collection schedule today PDF?
The January 2026–January 2027 Waste Collection Guide shows Area A/B garbage weeks, holiday exceptions, branch dates, Christmas-tree collection and depot information. It does not provide every address’s weekday.
What is the St. Catharines garbage collection schedule?
St. Catharines is in Area A. Garbage is collected during Area A weeks every other week. Green Bin, residential recycling and eligible yard waste are weekly.
How many garbage bags can Niagara residents put out?
Eligible residents may place out two bags or cans every other week. Additional garbage requires a $3.30 tag unless an approved exemption or holiday allowance applies.
What is the Niagara Region garbage collection phone number?
The Waste Info-line is 905-356-4141 or toll-free 1-800-594-5542, Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Residential recycling questions go to Miller Waste at 1-833-621-0726.
Does Niagara garbage collection change on holidays?
Not automatically. Canada Day has no curbside change. There is no Friday collection on Dec. 25, 2026 or Jan. 1, 2027, and those Friday routes move to Saturday.
How do I arrange Niagara garbage collection for large items?
Book at least two working days before the regular garbage day. Eligible residential units can request up to four accepted large household items through Miller Waste or GFL, depending on municipality.
Are appliances collected as large items in Niagara?
No. Appliances and metal household items are not collected curbside. Take them to an eligible Niagara Region depot or arrange private scrap-metal pickup.
What should I do when Niagara misses my collection?
Confirm the correct day, Area week, set-out time, weight and placement. Call the Waste Info-line for garbage, Green Bin or yard waste; contact Miller Waste for residential recycling.
Your Next Niagara Collection Step
Search the exact address, confirm whether its Area has garbage this week and set accepted material out after 5 p.m. the night before—but no later than 7 a.m. Use weekly Green Bin, recycling and yard-waste programmes before buying extra garbage tags.