The City of Stratford offers curbside collection for blue box recyclables. Trucks begin collecting at 8 a.m. on your scheduled biweekly recycling day so please have all items to the curb by then.
Information on garbage and recycle collection schedules, recyclable items and convenient in-app reminders are available through the Recycle Coach App.
Printed or electronic copies of the current Garbage and Recycle Collection Schedule and Map are available upon request.
The maximum size of a blue bin container is 128 litres.
Downtown Core
If you are located in the white section of the Garbage and Recycling Schedule and Map, garbage day is every Tuesday and Friday at 6:00 a.m. and Recycling is every Wednesday at 6:00 a.m.
Recyclables
With the City of Stratford’s most recent contract for the processing of recyclable materials, there are some changes in the list of items accepted in the blue box program here.
Certain materials that are difficult to process and are of little value in the commodity market have now been eliminated, including:
- Cartons, including Tetra packs, milk cartons and drinking boxes
- Aluminum foil, pie plates, lasagna trays
- Aerosol containers
- Paint cans
- Beverage cups, including disposable coffee cups (which have never been part of the blue box program)
- Small items, like individual yogurt or applesauce containers
The City continues to collect all other materials that can readily be recycled, including printed paper and paper packaging, plastics (1-7), metal and glass.
If you are unsure, please reference the Recycle Coach App.
How to get a Blue Box
Blue Boxes can be purchased for $8.25 including HST at City Hall (1 Wellington Street; cash, cheque or debit only), Landfill Site (777 Romeo Street South; credit or debit only), and at City Hall Annex (82 Erie Street, 3rd Floor).