Garbage and Recycling | Township of Severn

Garbage and Organics

The County of Simcoe coordinates the collection of garbage and organics in Severn, including:

Collection schedule

View the County's Solid Waste Management page to learn about your collection days, what can go into your garbage and organics bins and how to set up service alerts and reminders.

Residents can view and print the annual waste management calendar on the County of Simcoe website.

General waste and organics collection inquires can be addressed by email to service@simcoe.ca or reach out by telephone at 705-735-6901.

For all waste location details and hours, visit the County's website.

Additional waste and collections information

Leaf and yard waste collection

County of Simcoe will start collection for leaf and yard waste across the region in April 2026. Residents will receive four weeks of collection throughout April and May, occurring bi-weekly, always on your garbage collection weeks.

Residents are asked to place leaf and yard waste out by the curb by 7:00 a.m. on Monday of your collection week. Collection may occur any day during the week, so please be patient and leave your leaf and yard waste curbside if it’s not collected on your exact garbage day. The final weeks of leaf and yard waste collection are May 18 and May 25.

Leaf and yard waste collection includes leaves, grass, garden waste and branches that are sized and bundled appropriately. Residents are reminded to use kraft paper yard waste bags, cardboard boxes, or open-ended rigid containers to place out for collection. Brush must be bundled and secured properly.

For more information visit our News and Notices page.

Annual Spring compost sale

Beginning May 4 to May 23, 2026, residents from across the County of Simcoe can once again purchase compost at all County waste facilities. For a full list of waste facility locations and hours, please visit the County's website.

Compost sales are self‑service, and residents should bring their own containers and shovels to load bins, truck beds, or trailers. Pricing is $5 per carload, $20 per truck or trailer load, and $40 per truck‑and‑trailer load, while quantities last.

Free mulch will also be available at County landfills while supplies last. As with compost, residents are responsible for self‑loading and should arrive with their own containers and shovels.

Bag tags

You can put out two garbage bags each garbage collection week. If you'd like to put out an additional garbage bag, you need to attach a bag tag to any additional garbage bags. You can use up to six garbage bag tags at a time for a total of eight garbage bags.

It costs $15 for five bag tags and you can purchase tags at the following locations:

Township of Severn Administration Office located at 1024 Hurlwood Lane
Jag's Petro Canada located at 36 Coldwater Road
Severn BMR Mart located at 116 Coldwater Road
Coldwater Home Hardware located at 1 River Street
Matchedash Transfer Station Site 8 located at 4576 Upper Big Chute Road
Houston's Village Grocery located at 3391 Muskoka Street
Washago Home Hardware located at 3375 Muskoka Street

Transfer stations

You can use any of the County of Simcoe Landfill Sites and Transfer stations as a resident of Severn. Fees may apply.

Community programs

We partner with the County of Simcoe to provide annual community programs such as Pitch In Week and the Mulch Giveaway.

Download the Simcoe County Collects App

Residents can access their personalized collection schedule unique to their address. You won’t need to remember your zone. Residents will receive weekly collection reminders, service alerts, waste drop-off information and more.

Download the Simcoe County Collects app

Recycling collection changes start January 1, 2026

Starting January 1, 2026, residential recycling collection in Simcoe County will be managed by Circular Materials, a not-for-profit organization appointed by producers under Ontario’s new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework.

This province-wide transition shifts responsibility for the collection and processing of blue box materials from municipalities to producers of recyclable products.

The County of Simcoe will continue to manage garbage and organics collection, as well as operate waste-drop off facilities.

Same collection day, different trucks and collection times

Your recycling collection will stay on the same schedule and you will continue using the same carts. The only change is that recycling will now be picked up by new trucks operated by Emterra Environmental Inc. on behalf of Circular Materials. Garbage and organics will still be collected by Miller Waste on behalf of the County.

Recycling and organics will continue to be collected on the same day, but because they are handled by different contractors with separate routes, they may be picked up at different times.

To make sure everything is collected, please place your recycling, garbage, and organics at the curb by 7:00 a.m. (or 6:00 a.m. in some downtown areas) on your scheduled collection day.

Collection schedules remain the same:

garbage and recycling alternate weekly
organics are collected every week

New contact for recycling inquiries

For questions related to recycling, such as collection schedules, missed pickups or cart repairs, please contact Emterra directly by phone at 1-888-597-1541 or customercareont@emterra.ca.

Contact Emterra by email

Tips for winter cart collection

When setting out your carts in winter:

shovel a flat spot at the end of your driveway or curb
place your carts with two feet of space all around
place carts within eight feet of the road
don’t place carts behind or on top of snowbanks