Garbage Day in Scarborough

"garbage day in scarborough" has no single answer — Scarborough spans several collection routes. enter your postal code for your real one.

Scarborough Doesn't Have One Garbage Day

Scarborough is a big piece of Toronto — Toronto's east end — and the City doesn't collect it all on one day. It's split across District 4 collection routes, which run on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Two houses a few streets apart can have different days, and even different pickup weeks. So the honest answer to "when is garbage day in Scarborough" is: it depends on your exact address — which is what the lookup above is for.

  scarborough = Toronto district 4
  collection days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
  garbage + recycling alternate weeks · green bin every week

Neighbourhoods We Cover in Scarborough

The lookup works for every address in Scarborough, including Agincourt, Malvern, Guildwood, West Hill, Rouge, Woburn, Cliffside, Wexford, Bendale, Highland Creek, Birch Cliff and Morningside — anywhere with postal codes starting with M1.

Recycling and Green Bin in Scarborough

Your blue bin recycling goes out on the same weekday as your garbage, just on the opposite week — the green bin goes out every week. As of January 1, 2026, blue bin recycling is collected by Circular Materials, not the City, so a missed recycling pickup goes to Circular Materials at 1-888-921-2686 or circularmaterials.ca/toronto. Garbage and green bin are still City-run through 311 — see our missed pickup guide.

What Time to Put Bins Out

Scarborough has daytime collection. Have your bins at the curb by 7:00 AM on your collection day, and set them out no earlier than 8:00 PM the night before. (Source: toronto.ca set-out tips.)

The Fix for a Two-Week Cycle You Can't Remember

  1. enter your postal code → your day + next date
  2. sign up for SMS reminders → a text the night
     before every collection day (free, no app)

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