Residential recycling & garbage pickup in Kingston
Blue box, grey box and garbage collected from your house on the same day every week — plus the yard waste, the extra bags and the things a municipal truck drives past.
- Same day, every week
- No bag limit
- Recycling sorted, not skipped
- Houses, apartments & rentals
What a household stop actually looks like
The truck pulls up, the crew takes what is out, the bins go back where they were, and nothing gets left behind because it was one bag over a limit. That is the entire pitch.
Recycling comes off the stop separately from garbage. Blue box containers in one place, grey box paper and cardboard in another, and the sorting happens before the load goes anywhere. It is slower than throwing it all in together, and it is the difference between saying you recycle and doing it.
Most households on the route are on a set weekly day. Some are every second week. Some call only when the bins have got away from them. All three are fine — there is nothing to sign and no minimum term.
Who is on the residential route
Family homes, downtown apartments, student rentals near Queen's and St. Lawrence, waterfront properties out towards Bath and Inverary, seasonal cottages, and Airbnb hosts who need a turnover cleared between check-outs.
If your recycling piles up faster than alternating-week boxes can take it, or the cardboard from a move or a renovation will never fit in a box, that is the exact problem this route solves.
What comes off a residential stop
On the truck
- Blue box — bottles, cans, jars, tubs, cartons
- Grey box — paper, newspaper, boxboard
- Flattened cardboard, however much of it
- Household garbage, no bag limit
- Yard waste: branches, brush, leaves, grass
- Move-out and turnover waste
- Overflow after a party or a big shop
- The odd bulky item, if you flag it first
Not on the truck
- Propane tanks and pressurised cylinders
- Paint, oil, solvents and chemicals
- Tires — these go to a specific depot
- Some electronics — ask first
- Anything flammable or toxic
Need something bigger than a bin?
Residential junk removal
When it is a basement, a garage or a whole estate rather than a weekly bag, the crew does the lifting and hauls it in one visit.
Junk removal for homesBin rental for the driveway
A 14-yard bin parked at your house for a renovation or a clear-out. Fill it across the week and call when it is ready.
Bin rental for homesResidential pickup runs to
Kingston is home base and most of the route sits inside the city, but the truck runs west through Loyalist Township, north into South Frontenac, east to Gananoque and across on the ferry to Wolfe Island.
Household pickup, answered
How much is weekly garbage and recycling pickup for a house in Kingston?
It depends on how much comes out each week and where the property is on the route. A single household with a blue box, a grey box and a couple of bags is at the light end; a six-bedroom student rental in May is not. Call and describe the property — Brock prices it on the phone.
Can you take more than the city will collect?
That is half the reason people call. Municipal collection has bag limits and a list of what it will leave at the curb. We do not work from a limit — if it comes out of the house and it is not hazardous, it goes on the truck.
Do you pick up from apartments and student rentals?
Yes, and turnover season is a specialty. End-of-lease pickups around the university and college rentals are booked well in advance because the whole city moves in the same week. Property managers with several addresses get them handled as one route.
Can I get a pickup for an Airbnb or short-term rental?
Yes. Short-notice turnovers are normal work here — guests out, waste and recycling gone before the next check-in. Some hosts are on the weekly route, others call as bookings come up.
Do you collect yard waste from homes?
Branches, brush, leaves, grass clippings and garden clearing all go on the truck. It can be a one-off after a big weekend or added onto your regular pickup in the spring and fall when there is actually something to collect.
What if I only need pickup some weeks?
Then do not sign up for weekly. Plenty of households call when they need us — after a party, after a clear-out, when the bins overflowed. There is no agreement to get out of.
Get your house on the route
Tell Brock the address and roughly what comes out each week. Most quotes take a few minutes.
- All payment types accepted
Or send the details and skip the call
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