2025-2026 Program Registration Required!
Beginning this year, DBCA tags will not be mailed to MPAC addresses. Instead, registration is required by the property owners to receive your tags. These tags are required for garbage for collection.
Property owners may register their property or business for collection using the DBCA Bag Tag Registration Form
Please complete your registration by December 19, 2025 to ensure tags are issued before the office holiday closure. Registrations received in 2026 will be issued tags based on the remaining collection days for the year.
Orange DBCA tags distributed last year will expire and not be accepted at the curb after December 31, 2025.
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Garbage and Recycling collection will take place weekly starting at 7 a.m., year-round. All garbage set out at the curb must have either a DBCA garbage tag or a regular District garbage bag tag to be collected. Recycling does not need to be tagged. FAQs are available below. Curbside collection services for residents within the DBCA does not change. Collection schedule and material collected remain the same as prior to November 18, 2024. |
| How are Industrial, Commercial, or Institutional Business Owner’s Affected? |
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Starting Nov. 19, 2024:
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| Downtown Business Collection Route Maps (Click to Expand) |
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Bala Downtown Business Collection Area Route Map Bracebridge Downtown Business Collection Area Route Map Gravenhurst Downtown Business Collection Area Route Map Honey Harbour Downtown Business Collection Area Route Map |
- This change will impact industrial and commercial properties, not-for-profit organizations, daycares, places of worship, municipal buildings or facilities (such as libraries and arenas), campgrounds, trailer parks lacking permanent or seasonal households, and commercial farms.
- Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools and non-profit retirement and long-term care facilities will still have access to the recycling program.
- Businesses affected by this change should consider arranging recycling services through private contracts.
If in doubt about your property’s eligibility, please complete the "Eligibility Check for Recycling" form to confirm the status of its curbside recycling service.
A separate FAQ is available specifically for impacted ICI Properties linked here: ICI Property FAQ.
If you have any questions or comments about the new program, please email the Solid Waste Team at waste@muskoka.on.ca. Please note, we are experiencing higher than normal volumes and responses may be delayed.