Garbage and Recycling

Northumberland County provides weekly curbside pickup of household recycling, organics, and garbage, with the exception of the rural ward of Port Hope. There is no charge for recycling, but limits and fees are in place for garbage collection.  

Please note on statutory holidays, collection bumps to the following day.

View Our 2025 Collection Calendar

What goes where?

 

Garbage limits and fees

You cannot place more than two bags of garbage at the curb each week. Each bag of garbage must have a bag tag on it. Learn more about garbage fees, tips and reminders.

Set-out reminders

  • Garbage, recycling, and green bin(s) placed on snowbanks, will not be collected
  • Recycling must be sorted correctly into the blue and grey box
  • Have your waste to the roadside by 7:00 a.m. on your regular collection day 

Leaf and yard waste

We provide free monthly curbside pickup of leaf and yard waste from mid-April to mid-December.

Visit our waste and recycling centres

In addition to curbside collection, Northumberland County residents may drop off additional waste, including household hazardous and electronic waste, bulky items, recycling and more, at one of our three Community Recycling Centres.

Get your 2025 Collection Calendar

View the web version of our 2025 Waste and Recycling Collection Calendar (please note that all monthly images have been removed to create a smaller file size) or pick up a physical copy from your local municipal office or Community Recycling Centre. 

Print copy pick-up locations

Alnwick/Haldimand 

  • Town Hall – 10836 County Rd. 2, Grafton
  • Grafton library – 718 Station Rd., Grafton
  • Centreton Library – 2363 County Rd. 23, Centreton
  • Roseneath Library – 9059 County Rd. 45, Roseneath
  • Alderville First Nation office – 2nd Line Rd.

Brighton

  • Town Hall and Library– 35 Alice St.
  • Brighton CRC – 1112 County Rd. 26

Cobourg

  • Victoria Hall – 55 King St. W
  • Library – 200 Ontario St.
  • Public Works Yard – Boggs Rd.
  • County Headquarters – 555 Courthouse Rd.

Cramahe

  • Town Hall – 1 Toronto Rd., Colborne
  • Colborne Library – 6 King St. W Colborne

Hamilton

  • Bewdley Community Recycling Centre – 7650 County Rd. 9,
  • Town Hall – 8285 Majestic Hills Dr., Cobourg
  • Clark’s Dale Rd. Variety – 8404 Dale Rd., Cobourg

Port Hope

  • Town Hall – 56 Queen St.
  • Library – 31 Queen St.
  • Hope TS  – 4775 5th Line

Trent Hills

  • Warkworth library – 40 Main St. Warkworth
  • Seymour CRC – 344 5th Line W., Campbellford
  • Town Hall – 66 Front St., Campbellford
  • Hastings library – 6 Albert St. E, Hastings (being delivered soon)
  • Campbellford library – 98 Bridge St. E (being delivered soon)

Where is it? Winners

 January

Sandra C. of Campbellford

Brad S. of Cobourg

Janet K. of Brighton