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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.

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:

  • 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:

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

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