Pickup Days
2018 Garbage pickup begins Monday, April 30 2018 through to Monday, October 29, 2018.
Garbage bags will be picked up from boxes on Mondays or in the case of a long weekend it will be picked up on Tuesday.
Blue Boxes and recycles will be picked up on Tuesdays through Thursdays (see recycle section on what can and cannot be put in your blue box).
Large Garbage Pickup
In the spring of 2016, the Band established that there would no longer be a pickup of large garbage items during the week following the May long weekend. This was based on evidence that a significant number of cottage owners were bringing large items from home to be disposed of here, presumably to avoid paying a disposal fee at home. Many cottagers failed to read notice of this change on the flyer issued by Land Management which goes out each spring with the invoice for annual maintenance fees. This resulted in many large garbage items being set at the road for pickup and subsequently being left there, some for many weeks.
The Band would also like cottagers to refrain from putting large garbage items at the roadside during the week before the Labour Day weekend.
Large items placed at the road in the fall after large garbage pickup will be collected and the Cottagers charged the $100 fee.
Dump Rules
Do not leave bagged and other garbage at the gate to the dump during off hours.
Staff will open any such bags to identify their source, the OPP will be called, and the owner will be charged with trespassing or littering.
Dump hours and location…
Dumping After Hours
Beach Garbage
Cottager garbage left in the cans on the beach will be inspected and the OPP called to lay charges against the cottager.
If you witness this kind of behaviour, get a license plate or address and report it to the
Works Department 519 797 1057
Garbage pickup
Good afternoon. My name is Bob Strassburger. My cottage is 10 10 St south. Garbage on 10 street s and 5 street S is not being picked up on a regular basis. Ours was not picked up last week and another cottage on 5 street s had not been picked up for 3 weeks. Recycle is not being picked up according to your schedule. This could be why some cottagers are putting their garbage in the garbage bins. We pay for garbage pickup, we should not have to take our weekly garbage to the dump. The other concern is of course animals getting into the garbage , smell and bugs. We have called and left messages, but never received a return call. We would appreciate your attention to this concern. Thank you. Bob and Jan Strassburger
Dear Bob,
We have brought your garbage pick up issue to the attention of the Works Department Supervisor and hopefully garbage collection on 10th St S and 5th St S will improve.
Thanks for making us aware of your problem. Please let us know if there is or is not a continuing problem.
When is the large garbage pick this fall?
Hi Roger,
Large garbage this fall was the week following Labour Day Weekend. Notice of large garbage pickup was in the brochure sent out by the Lands Management office when they sent the 2017 maintenance fee invoice to all land-lease cottage owners. Complete garbage information has also been posted on the SCOI website since then.
If you have a large garbage item(s), you can take it to the dump for a $20 charge or if you are unable to do that, you can call the Works Department and they will send a truck and 2 men to come and pick it up for $40. If you just leave it at the road, they will also pick it up but will charge you $100.
Many Cottagers did not read the Band’s brochure in the spring and ended up paying the $100 fee when they left large garbage items at the road after the May 24 weekend. For 2 years now there has been only one large pickup event and that one during the week following Labour Day. We assume that the same will apply in 2018.
Rob McLaughlin
SCOI secr/treas.