Curbside Collection

You can arrange to have bulky items such as furniture and mattresses picked up with your regular curbside collection. Learn more about the bulky item collection program.

Residents in urban areas in Haldimand can have their leaf and yard waste picked up seasonally with their regular curbside collection. Learn more about the leaf and yard waste program and your options if you live outside of an urban area.

Our Technical Guidelines For Waste Collection Services On Private Property are provided to ensure owners of townhouses, condominium complexes, multi-residential structures, trailer parks and privately owned roads within the County are familiar with appropriate waste collection and storage systems.

The County provides waste collection services to our residents, businesses and other property owners. However, to continue to provide safe and efficient service, the County requires that some minimum standards be met. These guidelines outline the minimum requirements only and the County will work with existing properties or development projects to gain optimum efficiencies for both the property owners and the County. In addition to these requirements, Municipal and County site plan requirements, the Curbside Collection By-law, Building and Fire Codes and any other applicable regulations are also required.

When planning, consideration should be given to a design that encourages recycling and other waste reduction programs. This must be easy to use and readily accessible to all residents. Building and site plans for multi-residential developments should also provide adequate and efficient waste handling and storage facilities for all wastes, which should be located conveniently within the building structure or on the property site for easy and barrier-free access by residents and collection vehicles.

As each property will have specific needs and will require detailed reviews, the County will discuss each application in person. Onsite meetings can be held to discuss details of the application for collection services. Haldimand County wants to provide all property owners with efficient and effective Waste collection systems which respects both the property needs and the responsibilities of the County.

Definitions

a.  “Collectible” means any residential waste materials which may be collected according to County and/or Municipal by-laws.

b.  “Collection Point” means a location fronting a property as close as possible to the edge of the roadway; or that part of a property As Designated by the County as the Collection Point for that property.

c.  “Common Collection Points” means any areas for multiple property owners, approved by the County, whose driveways do not front onto a public roadway or residents living on inaccessible private roads, to set out waste on their designated collection day where it is to be collected by the County.

d.  “Contractor” means any person or business which has entered into a contract with the County for the collection of waste materials on behalf of the County.

e.  “County” means the Municipality of the Corporation of Haldimand County or its authorized representative.

f.  “Garbage” means all non-hazardous, solid, residual waste which, for the Curbside collection by-law, includes Kitchen Wastes and Organic Material.

g.  “Multi-residential Building” comprises up to six (6) dwelling units and includes Secondary, Tertiary, and Garden Suites as well as buildings with six (6) or fewer dwelling units that are considered vertical, row or town housing or condominium housing on ground level.

h.  “Multi-residential Structure” comprises seven (7) or more dwelling units and may include, but is not limited to: condominiums, nursing homes and retirement homes.

i.  “Municipality” or “Municipal” means the Municipality of Haldimand County.

j.  “Owner” includes an occupant, lessee, tenant or any other person in charge or control of an eligible property or premises.

k.  “On-site Waste Collection” means the collection of waste from containers on private property.

l. "Person" includes an Owner, individual, partnership, association, firm or Corporation, business entity or  club, or any incorporated or unincorporated group or organization to whom the context can apply.

m.  “Recyclable Materials” means any material included in the Blue Box program.

n.  “Roadways” include private roads, streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, squares, driveways and or parking lots.

o.  “Rural Area” includes all areas within the County not defined under Urban Area.

p.  “Set Out” means to place, or permit to be placed, waste at any location on private property for waste collection.

q.  “Street” means any public highway, road, street, avenue, parkway, lane, alley or square.

r.  “T-turnaround” means a “T” shaped area that allows vehicles to reverse direction through a 3-point turn.

s.  “Turning Radius” means the minimum area required for a vehicle to turn around.

t.  “Waste” means residential Blue Box recyclables and residual Garbage materials.

k.  If any owner fails to comply with the responsibilities and requirements as set out in the County's Curbside Collection By-law, the County may, at the discretion of the General Manager upon written notice either by ordinary mail (where receipt is deemed to be three (3) days after mailing), registered mail or hand delivered to the owner of the property, cease collection until such time as the non-compliance is corrected to the satisfaction of the County.

To ensure site plans have incorporated all guidelines as they pertain to Waste collection services, applicants must include information that describes the following:

1. 1. Proposed waste handling system for Garbage and Recyclable Materials;
   2. Access routes for waste collection vehicles on private property;
   3. Waste Collection Point;
   4. Garbage rooms, containers and storage facilities;
   5. Recycling rooms, containers and storage facilities;
   6. Size, number and type of waste containers/totes to be used;
   7. Above-ground features such as parking areas in relation to the access route;
   8. The number of dwelling units and number of stories.

1. Access Routes

a.  The internal roadways must be a minimum of 3.048 metres (10 ft.) in width, have a minimum of 13 metres turning radius and the approach to the Collection Point is to be designed with a minimum 18.0 metres straight approach;

b.  Along the collection access route and in the Collection Point, an overhead clearance of 7 metres must be provided from all overhead obstructions such as wires, balconies and trees.

c.  Private access roads must be constructed of a suitable material and be structurally adequate to prevent damage by and support a fully loaded waste collection vehicle;

d.  Where the requirement for continuous drive-through access and exit cannot be achieved, a “T” type turnaround will be permitted.;

e.  Collection vehicles must be able to safely drive out of private property and onto a municipal street, not reverse onto a municipal street;

f.  For those properties that do not meet the Technical Guidelines, a Collection Point or Common Collection Point may be considered by the County that can be easily accessed by the curbside collection contractor(s).

2. Collection Point (in order of preference)

a.  Door-to-door Collection Points serviced from the public right of way, ensuring ownership of each Collection Point and that the waste collection by-law is adhered to;

b.  Door-to-door Collection Points serviced from private property with direct and safe access for collection vehicles, ensuring ownership of each Collection Point and the waste collection by-law is adhered to;

c.  Common Collection Points serviced from private property with direct and safe access for collection vehicles, to minimize illegal dumping;

d.  Common Collection Points serviced from the public right of way.

e.  All Collection Points and Common Collection Points must be kept clear of obstructions and may require clear marking as a “No Stopping” or “No Parking” area upon the request of the County.