Garbage and Recycling

Curbside garbage pickups happen every week and recycling pickups occur bi-weekly if you live within the urban areas of the Municipality of South Bruce. If you live in a rural area or have larger items to dispose of, you must drop off your waste at one of our two landfills.

Landfills

Hazardous Waste

Yard Waste and Compost

Recycling

Weekly Curbside Garbage

Garbage must be curbside by 7:00 am on the day of pickup. Find your location to determine your weekly garbage pickup day:

Area:	Pickup Day:
Carlsruhe	Wednesday
Formosa	Tuesday
Mildmay	Wednesday
Teeswater	Tuesday

Garbage Bag-Tag Program

All garbage bags must be under 40 pounds and each bag must have a bag tag on it. Bag tags are $2.50 each and are found at convenient locations in South Bruce including:

Locations

Municipal Office, 21 Gordon Street East, Teeswater
Daisy Mart, 8 'B' Clinton St. South, Teeswater
TNT General Store, 1224 Bruce Rd. 12, Formosa
Canada Post, 1227 Bruce Rd. 12, Formosa
Mildmay Freshmart, 1024 Highway 9, Mildmay
Mac's Milk, 57 Elora St., Mildmay
Liesemer's Home Hardware, 98 Elora St., Mildmay
Mildmay Mini-Mart, 54 Elora St., Mildmay
Harley's Pub & Perk, 87 Elora St., Mildmay

You can also buy bag tags at our landfill sites for $3 each.

How to use bag tags

Follow these steps to attach you bag tag to your garbage:

Close your bag with a twist tie or knot
Wrap the tag around the neck of the garbage bag so both ends of the tag are visible
If using a container, place the tag on the uppermost item inside the container so the tag is visible