Garbage, Recycling & Bag Tags
The rules of Belleville's weekly collection — the .50 bag tag, two-stream recycling, the green bin, missed pickups and holiday shifts.
Weekly curbside collection in Belleville is simple once you know the rules — and several rules changed in 2025 when collection moved to E360S. Everything below comes from the city's and the program operators' current pages, checked 8 July 2026.
What day is my collection?
Garbage, recycling and the green bin are all picked up on the same day each week — which day depends on your address. Look yours up with the city's 'Find Your Collection Day' tool at portal.belleville.ca/gis/CurbsideWasteCollection.
Everything needs to be at the curb by 7 a.m.
Do I really need a tag on every garbage bag?
Yes. Every bag or can of garbage needs a $3.50 garbage tag or it won't be collected — there is no free first bag. The price went up from $3.00 on 18 March 2026; tags bought before that are still valid. Each bag or can must weigh under 50 lb.
Recycling and the green bin are collected free — the tag is only for garbage.
Where do I buy bag tags?
At around 38 stores across the city — convenience stores, pharmacies, gas stations and grocers — or online from the city (minimum 10 tags, mailed to you). The city's bag-tag page lists every retailer and links the order form: belleville.ca/en/home-and-property/bag-tags.aspx
How does recycling work now?
Since July 2025, recycling is collected by Environmental 360 Solutions (E360S) under Ontario's producer-responsibility system (Circular Materials). It's two-stream: containers in one box, paper and cardboard in the other — clean, dry and loose, out by 7 a.m. on your collection day.
What goes in the green bin?
Food scraps and food-soiled paper, in the city-issued bin with the lid closed and latched, out weekly by 7 a.m. No plastic bags of any kind (including 'biodegradable' ones), no pet waste, no diapers, and no yard waste.
My pickup was missed — who do I call?
It depends on what was missed.
Recycling: contact E360S directly — 1-866-358-3560 (toll-free) or 613-392-7107, or customerservice-eastont@e360s.ca.
Garbage or green bin: the city's Transportation & Operations department — 613-967-3275, or opgeneral@belleville.ca.
What happens on holidays?
There's no collection on statutory holidays, and the city announces the changed days before each one rather than following a single standing rule. For Canada Day 2026, for example, pickups earlier in the week moved a day earlier and Thursday/Friday stayed put. Check the city's news page before a holiday week: belleville.ca/en/news
When is yard waste picked up?
Curbside twice a year, by zone. In 2026: the week of 19–25 May (spring) and 3–9 November (fall) — the exact day depends on your zone, published on the city's leaf-and-yard-waste page.
The rest of the year, take it to the depot at 75 Wallbridge Cres (Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m.–3:15 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–2 p.m., closed Sundays and holidays). Christmas trees are collected curbside each January — no bags, no artificial trees.