King Township provides a weekly recycle collection. All materials for recycling collection must be placed in blue boxes issued by the Township or in approved alternates as outlined in the Township’s waste collection by-law2018-77.
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Exceptions such as cardboard may be placed beside the blue box provided it's flattened, bundled and tied with twine or string (no tape). Bundles must not exceed 20" x 24" x 12". Please do not place any recycling products in plastic bags.
Please ensure that your garbage and blue boxes are visible to the operator (not blocked by parked cars) or on top of snow banks.
Visit the Region of York's website to learn more about the new items you can now add to your blue box.
Important - did you know that no sorting is required? All recyclables can now be combined into one blue box.
Changes to the Blue Box Program
Starting December 31, King Township will transition to an enhanced recycling system that includes a new recycling cart and collection schedule. The Township’s recycling program will be managed by Circular Materials (CM), a national not-for-profit organization that is committed to building an efficient and effective recycling system in Ontario.
Green For Life Environmental (GFL) has been contracted by CM to provide curbside Blue Box collection services to residents. Ahead of this change, King households received a 360-litre wheeled, lidded recycling cart. If this size does not meet your needs, you may request an exchange for a smaller 240-litre cart by submitting a Recycling Cart Exchange Request Form, available online at circularmaterials.ca/n6king.
It is recommended you try the standard recycling cart for at least three bi-weekly pick-ups to gauge your actual capacity needs.
Before you request an exchange, please consider the following:
- Recycling collection will move from a weekly to a bi-weekly schedule. The 360-litre cart supports two weeks of recyclables—many residents previously used two blue boxes (equal to an estimated 320-litres) over two weeks.
- Expanded list of accepted materials. Residents will now be able to recycle more materials such as hot and cold beverage cups, black plastic containers, frozen juice cans, ice cream tubs, deodorant and toothpaste tubes, meaning volume in the cart is increasing.
- All recycling items must fit inside the cart and the lid must be closed upon collection.
- Only one cart exchange is permitted per address. Future requests for a second cart will not be permitted for households that have exchanged the standard issued cart (360-litre) for the smaller cart (240-litre).