Green Bin Program - Billing Information

Residents in Essex, Lakeshore, LaSalle and Tecumseh.

The program launched in October of 2025.

The collection program did not start until October 2025, so a charge was not included in your 2025 tax bill. We wanted to bill only for services to which households had access.

The 2026 charge will cover the charge of service for the 2026 year, as well as the service received from October to December 2025.

For 2026, the following are the current estimated amounts to be billed to the eligible property owners of the Phase 1 municipalities (Essex, Lakeshore, LaSalle, and Tecumseh):

*Please note that the above estimated amounts may change slightly and will be modified if the number of eligible households are updated prior to billing and/or if the estimated costs of the program are updated by EWSWA prior to billing.

The User Fee By-law approved by County Council will true up the costs of the program in each following year of the program, with any over or under variance in the estimated costs of the program being reconciled with the actual costs of the program.

 The charge will appear as “CTYBIN” in the “user fee/other” section of your residential tax bill.

No Green Bin user fees have been billed to date. Phase 1 municipalities (Essex, Lakeshore, LaSalle, and Tecumseh) will see the charge for the first time in the summer of 2026 and be billed for service that began in 2025 through to Dec 2026 (approximately 15 months). Beginning in 2027, the annual user fee will represent 12 months of service. Phase 2 municipalities (Amherstburg, Kingsville, and Leamington) will join the program in approximately October 2026, with their first billing not appearing until the 2027 property tax bill. Similar to Phase 1 municipalities, Phase 2 municipalities will be billed in 2027 for service that began in 2026 through to December 2027 (approximately 15 months). Beginning in 2028, the annual user fee will represent 12 months of service for all County municipalities.

Yes, there will be an annual charge on your tax bill associated with this program.

Residents in Amherstburg, Kingsville and Leamington will begin receiving service in November 2026, so they will see a charge in their 2027 tax bill.