Unsupervised Dumpster Sites

The District Municipality of Muskoka’s Bin Site Transition Plan was a multi-year initiative to transition Muskoka’s previously unstaffed and unsupervised dumpster sites to long-term, alternate waste collection services that are licensed and environmentally sustainable.

With guidance given by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP), this transition involved replacing community bin sites with Ministry-approved waste collection alternatives, such as curbside and lakeside waste collection, along with the establishment of new drop-off depots.

The Final Annual Report (2025) for the project was presented to the Joint Engineering and Public Works and Finance and Corporate Services Committee in January 2026.

Current lakeside waste collection and existing services

Some communities have already made the transition away from dumpster bins to new lakeside waste collection servicing. Learn more about which community is receiving Lakeside waste collection and the collection event schedule for each community.

You can also learn more about curbside garbage collection for eligible properties, green bin organics and recycling.

12 Mile Depot Closure

12 Mile Depot located at 1200 Twelve Mile Bay Road in the Township of Georgian Bay will be closed on November 3, 2025, in accordance with Township of Georgian Bay – Alternative Waste Management Scenario 3.

New drop-off depot updates

New public drop-off depots are being established to support communities once serviced by bin sites. The depots will be licensed, fully secured, and staffed by an on-site attendant during operational hours, in accordance with MECP regulations.

View the latest updates to new depots or view the most recent District Staff Report around the new depots’ development to learn about facility updates see depot facility below.