Collection program now

Oxford County currently supports three residential curbside garbage and blue box material collection programs, each having different collection frequencies and acceptable material requirements.

Municipality	Collection Type
Blandford-Blenheim, East-Zorra Tavistock, Ingersoll, Norwich, Tillsonburg and Zorra	Weekly (5-business day) co-collection of both garbage and recycling (blue box), including statutory holidays except for Christmas Day New Year’s Day and. *
South-West Oxford	Six-business day co-collection of garbage and recycling (blue box). No pick up on statutory holidays. **
Woodstock	Weekly garbage collection, then bi-weekly recycling (blue box) collection. No pick-up on statutory holidays. *

* Pick-up is on the same day every week. If there is no pick-up due to a statutory holiday, then an alternate pick-up day is provided.

** Pick-up occurs on a different day each week. For example, if on Week 1, your pick up is on Monday, then your next pick up in Week 2 would be on Tuesday, then Wednesday on Week 3, and so on. If your next pick up is a Monday that is a statutory holiday, your next pick up would move an extra day to Tuesday.

Co-collection means that garbage and recycling is collected at the same time during each pick-up, in the same truck.

In Woodstock, both garbage and recycling are collected the same day but in separate trucks, and then in alternating weeks, only garbage is picked up (i.e., recycling is bi-weekly).

Large items

Large item collection at the curbside is offered on set schedules for oversized waste items.

For more information visit www.wasteline.ca

Brush, leaf and yard waste drop off

Brush, leaf and yard waste is accepted at depot locations across Oxford County. Operating hours can be found at www.wasteline.ca.

Brush, leaf and yard waste is brought to the Oxford County Waste Management Facility where it is processed into beneficial compost material and sold for use in gardening and landscaping products.

Composters and green cones

Oxford County also promotes residential use of backyard composters and green cones for residents to reduce their organic waste placed at the curb. These are sold at discounted rates at the Oxford County Administration Building, the Waste Management Facility, and municipal offices.

The green cone is a food digester and can take most food and kitchen waste. A green cone completely breaks down meat, bones, dairy, bread, and processed food materials without odour or attracting rodents. It also accepts organic material that a backyard composter cannot, for instance, fruit and vegetables, leaf and yard waste, egg shells and coffee grounds.

The backyard composter can be used for yard waste and some food and kitchen waste to produce garden compost.

Visit www.wasteline.ca to learn more.

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