Beginning July 2025, the City of Quinte West will join communities throughout Ontario in the transition to a new province-wide recycling program.
Changes to the curbside collection schedule
Weekly curbside waste collection will continue for all residents, but the day of the week your recycling, garbage and organics are collected will change starting the week of July 21, 2025. Find your new collection date in the interactive map below:
Other changes as a result of the blue box transition
Now – July 17, 2025: Continue reporting missed recycling collection to Quinte Waste Solutions at [email protected] or 613-394-6266. Continue to report missed garbage and organics collection to [email protected] or 613-392-2841 ext. 4912.
As of July 18, 2025: Report missed recycling collection to the City’s new recycling contractor, Environmental 360 Solutions (E360S). Continue to report missed garbage and organics collection to [email protected] or 613-392-2841 ext. 4912.
Residents will still have access to hazardous and electronic waste disposal. Quinte Waste Solutions will continue to operate the hazardous and electronic waste (HEW) program, including hazardous waste mobile events and the Belleville HEW depot, until the end of 2025. Beginning in 2026, the City of Quinte West and the City of Belleville will operate the HEW mobile events in Trenton and Belleville, and a contractor will be responsible for running the Belleville HEW depot.
Recycling collection will continue for businesses in the downtown districts of Trenton and Frankford. Any changes to commercial collection days will be communicated later this spring.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
The City’s new recycling contractor, Environmental 360 Solutions (E360S), has created a new recycling schedule. To make it more convenient for Quinte West residents, the City has aligned garbage and organics collection to follow the same schedule as recycling pick-up. This means all your curbside waste will be collected on the same day of the week.
There are currently more than 240 municipal recycling programs across Ontario. In August of 2019, the Government of Ontario announced a plan to transition the responsibility of recycling from municipalities to producers.
This new recycling program will aim to:
- Make recycling easier by creating a standard list of materials that can be recycled across the province (beginning in 2026)
- Expand the blue box service, such as to parks and public spaces across Ontario
- Create new and alternative collection methods to divert materials that can’t be recycled or that might contaminate collected materials
Learn more on the Government of Ontario’s website.
EPR is a framework in which producers – the businesses that supply paper and packaging to residents – are responsible for managing the end-of-life management of these materials. EPR enables innovation, operational efficiencies, increased standard levels, and access to materials. Learn more at circularmaterials.ca.
There are currently no changes to the items you can/can’t recycle. The Government of Ontario plans to introduce a province-wide list of materials that can be recycled in 2026.
From now until July 17, 2025, visit quinterecycling.org for more information on Quinte West’s recycling program.
Beginning July 18, 2025, visit circularmaterials.ca for more information on recycling in Quinte West.
From now until July 17, 2025, visit quinterecycling.org for more information on Quinte West’s recycling program.
Beginning July 18, 2025, visit circularmaterials.ca for more information on recycling in Quinte West.