Garbage, Recycling and Green Bin

In the Town of Shelburne waste collection services are provided by the County of Dufferin. Their services include:

• Weekly garbage collection
• Recycling collection
• Green bin collection
• Seasonal yard waste collection

Use the Dufferin County collection schedule to find out your waste collection day.

Waste collection guidelines

You must place all garbage and recycling at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day. You are allowed one garbage bag and it must be placed:

• In a clear plastic bag (completely transparent and colourless)
• In a clear colourless bag within a garbage container
• loose in a container

Recyclables, household hazardous waste, electronic waste or leaf and yard waste items are banned from the landfill. If these items are in your household waste bag it will not be picked-up.

Purchase garbage tags

If you have more than one bag of garbage, you need to purchase a garbage tag for any additional waste. Extra garbage tags can be purchased for $2.00 in the Town of Shelburne at:

Caravaggio Drugs
128 Main Street E  |  519.925.2729

Shelburne Fresh Variety
604 Owen Sound Street | 519.217.0137

Shelburne Foodland
824 Ojibway Road | 519.925.6032

Shelburne Town Hall
203 Main Street E  |  519.925.2600

Town & Milk Variety
516 Main Street E. | 519.925.3750

Transfer station

Green For Life (GFL) Dufferin Transfer is a private transfer station. You can drop off large household items to the transfer station. The County of Dufferin doesn't own or operate a landfill or transfer station where you can drop off garbage or waste.

New or replacement bins

If your green bin or small kitchen container is broken, bring it in! We will have it recycled and give you a new one. If you're a new resident, Dufferin County will provide you with a Green Bin and a small kitchen container for your organics.

Green Bins and small kitchen containers are available at the locations below:

• Our municipal office at 203 Main St. E.
• The Orangeville Operations Centre
• The County office at 55 Zina St. in Orangeville.

Extra containers are also available for a fee.

Blue Bins

As of July 1, 2023, Dufferin County is no longer managing the recycling program. Circular Materials Ontario (CMO) will oversee the residential Blue Box program in Dufferin County.  For new or replacement Blue Boxes, please call GFL at 1.888.941.3345 ext.1 to make arrangements. For more information on the Blue Box Transition and for residential recycling information, please visit www.circularmaterials.ca/dufferincounty.