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To assist with cleanup, brush pick-up limits will be relaxed during the spring brush pick-up, scheduled to begin on April 14. 

Loyalist Township provides separate collections for brush and yard waste in spring and fall. Crews will pass through an area only once for each collection. They will not return for late items.

Brush pickup 

Collections are twice a year and usually in April and October. Please refer to the municipal calendar or website calendar for this year's dates. 
  • Brush must be at the curb no later than 7:00 a.m. on the first day of the program
  • Branches no larger than 4 inches in diameter and 6 feet in length
  • Please stack brush with cut ends facing out (towards road)
  • Households are limited to 1.78m3 (64 cu ft) or one half-ton pickup truck load
  • Yard waste is not included

Yard waste pickup 

Collections are twice a year and usually in May and November. Please refer to the municipal calendar or website calendar for this year's dates. 

  • Yard waste must be at the curb no later than 7:00 a.m. on the first day of the program
  • Brush is not included
  • Paper bags only (Kraft)
  • No plastic bags of any type*
  • Defined as anything that is, or once was, growing in your yard, for example, grass clippings, leaves, flowers, hedge trimmings.
  • Excludes food waste, pet feces, soil, rocks, or any non-organic debris you may rake up from your lawn.

*It is important that yard waste is not put in plastic bags of any type, even those marked as biodegradable or as suitable for municipal yard waste. They are not acceptable for Loyalist's program. Yard waste placed in plastic bags of any kind will be left at the curb.

Christmas tree collection

Christmas tree collection will begin on Thursday, January 25, 2025. Please have your trees out on the curb by 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2025.

Kingston Area Recycling Centre

Both brush and yard waste can be dropped off at Kingston Area Recycling Centre, 196 Lappan's Lane, Kingston. This is free of charge to Loyalist residents and it is open year round. 

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Odessa, Ontario K0H 2H0
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