Long weekend to affect your blue box collection

Whitby: The Regional Municipality of Durham, Works Department is reminding residents of changes to scheduled curbside Blue Box collection due to the upcoming Civic Holiday.

When: August 5 to 10.

Where: Residents of Oshawa and Whitby will temporarily have their collection moved to the following day.
This means that residents with collection scheduled for Monday, August 5 will temporarily have their collection moved to Tuesday, August 6. This shift will continue throughout the week with collection scheduled for Friday, August 9 moved to Saturday, August 10.

Garbage and green bin collection for Oshawa and Whitby residents is the responsibility of the individual municipalities, not the Region of Durham. These residents are asked to check their waste calendars or contact their local municipality regarding collection of these items.

Why: These changes are taking place in observance of the Civic Holiday on August 5.

Note: Residents are reminded to have Blue Box materials at the curb by 7 am on the day of collection.

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