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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:

  • Our municipal office at 203 Main St. E.
  • Foodland at 1-226 First Ave. E.
  • IDA at 128 Main St. E.
  • Town Milk and Variety at 516 Main St. E.

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.

Replacement bins

You can pick up blue boxes, green bins or kitchen collectors from:

  • Our municipal office at 203 Main St. E.
  • The Orangeville Operations Centre
  • The County office at 55 Zina St. in Orangeville.
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Administrative Office
203 Main Street East
Shelburne, ON L9V 3K7

Phone: 519-925-2600

Fax: 519 -925-6134

Hours of Operation
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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