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Recycling

Recycling is collected on a weekly basis all year round, and is managed by Circular Materials. 

Like all municipalities across Ontario, the Municipality of Thames Centre has transitioned to a producer-led recycling system as of January 1, 2026. Under Ontario’s new producer-led recycling system, the Municipality of Thames Centre will no longer manage residential recycling or the Blue Box program.

Recycling is now funded and managed by the producers of recyclable materials. Miller Waste manages the recycling program in Thames Centre on behalf Circular Materials Ontario.

How to Recycle

For more information on recyclable materials and collection schedules, visit the Circular Materials page at: https://www.circularmaterials.ca/resident-communities/thames-centre.

For issues related to residential recycling collections, please contact Miller Waste at area24@millerwaste.ca or by calling 1-888-852-2376.

For concerns or other recycling-related questions, please contact Circular Materials at customerservice@circularmaterials.ca or by calling 1-877-667-2626.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) has introduced new legislation that shifts the financial and operational responsibility for recycling from municipalities to the producers of the packaging.  

    This new collection model aligns with the Blue Box Regulation made under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act and is a key part of the province's Strategy for a Waste Free Ontario: Building the Circular Economy.

    The new consolidated system of collection is designed to create efficiencies across the province by standardizing what is recycled and reduce waste going into our landfills. 

  • Curbside collection will continue on the same schedule and at the same bi-weekly frequency for 2026. 

  • Bookmark this page: Thames Centre | Circular Materials | Ontario for the most up to date blue box information, including collection schedules.

For questions related to:

  • Replacement recycling containers.
  • Missed collections.
  • What you can recycle

Please contact Miller Waste for any recycling-related questions at: area24@millerwaste.ca or by calling 1-888-852-2376

For other concerns or other recycling-related questions, please contact Circular Materials:
customerservice@circularmaterials.ca
1-877-667-2626

  • Extended producer responsibility, or EPR, is a policy approach in which producers – the businesses that supply packaging and paper – are financially responsible and accountable for those materials over their full life cycle.
  • Read more at Producers | Circular Materials

Circular Materials Recycling Guide and Calendar (January 2026)

Contact Us

Municipality of Thames Centre
4305 Hamilton Rd
Dorchester, ON, Canada, N0L 1G3

Ph (519)268-7334
Fax (519)268-3928

inquiries@thamescentre.on.ca

Kevin Willson
Environmental Services Superintendent

Ph (519)268-7334 x745
kwillson@thamescentre.on.ca

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