Learn more about garbage, green bin, and yard waste collection for houses.
Learn more about garbage and recycling collection for apartments and townhouses.
Learn about our waste management facilities, including hours of operation, fees and types of waste for disposal.
- Spring into action: updated waste collection schedule for Easter weekApr 15, 2025
- Environment Days are back!Apr 15, 2025
- Give your batteries new life: Recycle your batteries during the week of April 28Apr 14, 2025
- Compost Giveaway events are being held across the region from April 26 to May 31Apr 11, 2025
Purchase new Green Bins, kitchen containers and backyard composters, or exchange broken Green Bins and kitchen containers online with free delivery.
Developed in consultation with Durham Region’s many stakeholders, the approved Waste Plan is a roadmap for waste management over the nextension approximately 20 years.
Food Waste Reduction and Backyard Composting
Learn how to plan meals, store your food and get creative with your leftovers because edible food doesn't belong in the Green Bin.
The future of waste management in Durham Region includes a Circular Economy. This means we need to rethink the traditional three Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) and consider the value of materials and products before they become waste.
Inspire your students and encourage them to learn more about how the waste they create at home is managed every day.
The Region of Durham hosts many community special waste events that take place all year.
Durham Region sends garbage to the Durham York Energy Centre. The facility safely burns garbage, collects metals and creates energy.
Anaerobic Digestion is the preferred solution for Durham Region due to its many benefits including the production of renewable natural gas and fertilizer from the Green Bin materials.
Contact Us
Works Department
Waste Management
605 Rossland Road East,
Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A3
Telephone (within regional limits): 311
Telephone: 905-668-7711
Toll-Free: 1-800-372-1102
Email the Waste Management Division