PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Effective April 1, 2024, the Public Works Office will be under construction. The project will ensure the Corporation is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) by providing barrier free access to our Public Works building. Project completion is scheduled for late September 2024.
To continue serving the public, the Public Works Department Administrative Assistant will be temporarily based at the Fire Hall for in-person assistance to the public.
We encourage that during the construction period, any business that isn’t required to be conducted in-person be conducted via phone or email.
Phone: 705-869-1751
Email: [email protected]
Temporary Location: Fire Hall - 592 Second Ave.
We apologize for this temporary inconvenience but look forward to serving you better in our AODA compliant building later this year!
Public Works is proud to provide citizens with the following services:
The Town of Espanola contracts Green for Life for residential recycling collection.
May 2023 - April 2024 Recycling Schedule (PDF)
May 2024 - April 2025 Recycling Schedule (PDF)
Please have recyclables curbside for 6:00 am. Please keep your recyclables separate from your garbage.
In the winter months, Garbage & Recycling Container Placement:
- Have a cleared, leveled area and pathway within 1 meter (3 feet) of the snow bank. We recommend the right side of the driveway when facing the street.
- DO NOT place garbage and recycling on top of snowbanks -these will not be picked up.
- Placing garbage and recycling containers out at 7:00 a.m. on the day of pick up will avoid bags from freezing to the ground and being buried by snow.
- Ensure garbage containers are cleared of snow and avoid using white bags as they tend to be missed next to a white snow bank.
Click the link below for garbage can and blue box placement examples in the winter:
Examples of where to place your garbage & recycling
In the summer months, residents must place their garbage and recycling at the road edge.
Road edge is defined as
- Residents with Roads that have cement curb and gutter: The placement of garbage and recycling shall be at the edge of curb
- Homes with a sidewalk: The placement of garbage and recycling shall on the street side of the sidewalk.
- Street with paved shoulders: The placement of garbage and recycling shall be in the low spot of the should near the vehicular travelled path.
- Streets with Gravel shoulders: The placement of garbage and recyclables is within 3 to 5 feet or 1m to 1.6m of pavement edge.
Garbage and recycling not properly placed will not be picked up by the GFL.
Symbol "F":
Newspapers, Magazines, Household Fine Pape, Catalogues & Telephone Books
- Includes advertising inserts and glossy flyers
- White, brown or coloured writing and mailed papers
- Photocopy paper and envelopes, No carbon or tissue
- Keep newspaper separate from cardboard
- Place loose in Blue Box
Corrugated Cardboard
- Layered cardboard boxes with a Ripple between the layers.
- Keep newspaper separated from cardboard
- Flatten and bundle to fit in Blue Box
- Place loose in Blue Box
Boxboard
- Cereal, detergent, shoe boxes, etc.
- Remove liners, flatten and stuff into a boxboard box.
- Cardboard and boxboard can be placed together
- Milk and Juice Cartons
- Place loose in Blue Box
NO GIFT WRAP
Symbol "C":
- Glass Bottles & Jars
- Clear and coloured
- Food and beverage containers only
- Remove lids
- Place loose in Blue Box
Metal Food & Beverage Containers
- Steel and aluminum food and beverage cans.
- Aluminum foil trays
- Steel lids or jar lids can be placed with metal food products
- Rinse and remove lids or push into cans
- Place loose in your Blue Box
- * NO Styrofoam
* NO grocery,milk,bread or chip bags
* NO broken glass, window panes or dishes
Plastic Bottles & Jars
- Plastic pop bottles, water bottles, soap, anti-freeze, laundry detergent, javex bottles, etc.
- Containers marked on the side or bottom with:
