Search

Garbage/Waste Disposal

Garbage and Recycling Schedule

General Information

All areas of the municipality are serviced with weekly door-to-door garbage and recycling collection. The Township's contractor, Waste Services Inc., collects household waste each week and recycling on an alternating week schedule (see below).

Please note the following:

  • All garbage must be in Township bags
  • Maximum weight is 40 lbs. per bag
  • Maximum 10 bags per week
  • All bags must be securely closed
Regular Collection Days
Monday areas north of Glen Smail Road and west of County Road 44, including Spencerville
Tuesday areas north of Pittston Road and east of County Road 44, including Ventnor and Shanly
Wednesday areas north of Highway 401 and south of Glen Smail and Pittston Road, including Crystal Rock and Brouseville
Thursday the village of Cardinal
Friday areas south of the 401, except for Cardinal

 Please click here for a printable version of the 2010 recycling schedule.

Garbage Bags

Household trash must be bagged in special clear Township garbage bags. These bags cost $12.50 for a package of ten bags. There are several locations from which to purchase bags

In Cardinal:

Burchell's Home Hardware
Mac's Convenience
General Dollar
Madmacs Furniture

In Johnstown:

Bayview Convenience

In Spencerville:

Municipal office
Drummond's Fuels
Myles' Discount
Spencerville Home Hardware
Village Pantry

Residents are permitted to put out up to ten bags of garbage per week, with the weight of each bag limited to 40 lbs.

Recycling

A full recycling program, including door-to-door pickup, is available at no charge to residents. Recyclable products are divided into two types - "green" box and "blue" box. Recyclables are collected on alternating weeks between "green" and "blue".

  • "Green" box recyclables include paper products such as newspapers and flyers (glossy or plain), fine paper such as writing paper and computer paper, magazines, catalogues and telephone directories, corrugated cardboard and boxboard. Boxes should be flattened and placed in the recycle bin. Large boxes may be flattened and placed under the bin. Waxed or coated boxes, plastic bags or hardcover books are not recyclable.
  • "Blue" box recyclables are cans, bottles and plastics. Items must be empty and rinsed clean and can include glass bottles and jars, metal food and beverage cans, aluminum pie plates and foil, rigid foil containers and trays, and plastic containers marked on the bottom with the recycling symbol. Not recyclable are ceramics, pottery, window glass, frozen juice cans, mirrors, light bulbs, Pyrex, drinking glasses, metal pots, foil with paper or plastic lamination, or Styrofoam.

Blue recycling boxes are available for purchase at the municipal office in Spencerville and at the Cardinal Library. However, the contractor will pick items up from any container (except a bag) so long as the content is correct.

If you require further information on the recycling program, please call the municipal office at 613-658-3055 or Waste Services Inc. at 1-866-611-4311.

Landfill Site

The Municipality owns and operates a small landfill site to allow disposal of large items that cannot be placed at curbside.  Located at 1225 Scott Road, the site is open Saturday mornings, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (weather permitting).

Acceptable/unacceptable waste is defined in the site-specific Certificate of Approval issued by the Ministry of the Environment.  Tipping fees apply as follows:

  • Large items such as furniture, carpeting, or white goods (appliances): $10.00 each
  • ½ ton truck load of miscellaneous personal items: $20.00 each

Yard waste and brush goes at $5.00 per truck or trailer load. Large scrap metal items may be disposed of in a recycling pile at no charge. Please call the Township office for further details.

Household Hazardous Waste

Hazardous waste includes such items as paint cans, aerosol cans, batteries, motor oil, transmission fluid or brake fluid bottles, pesticides, herbicides and flammable or corrosive bottles. These are not recyclable and the landfill site is not licensed to accept hazardous waste. The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville hosts a household hazardous waste day annually. The details are published in local papers and information may be available from the Township office just prior to disposal day, which is generally held late in August.