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.
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
Sandra C. of Campbellford
Brad S. of Cobourg
Janet K. of Brighton
Laura S. of Hastings
Niz L. of Warkworth
Louise C. of Campbellford
Amy M. of Grafton
Ernie K. of Grafton
Morgan H. of Brighton
Raven T. of Colborne
Glenda M. of Cobourg
Debra C. of Cobourg
Brooke M. of Cobourg
Wanda D. of Cobourg
John R. of Grafton