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Residential Customers (Bin and Bag-only)

Effective March 1, 2011, City Council approved a 3.6% increase to all solid waste residential customers.

Single Family Residential - Curbside
Note:  As a property owner, your home may have more than one tenant/apartment however, the rebate is based on the property tax codes classifying your property as single family residence.

The rebate is $224/year, regardless of how many Garbage Bins you order. The rebate is applied once and the annual fee associated with any additional Garbage Bins is charged at full cost.

Bin Customers


Bin Size

Annual Rate

Annual Rebate
(per property)

Annual Net Charge

Small

$221.16

$224.00

$2.84 Credit

Medium

$271.93

$224.00

$ 47.93

Large

$369.31

$224.00

$145.31

Extra Large

$428.36

$224.00

$204.36

Bag Customers

 

Annual Rate

Annual Rebate
(per property)

Annual Net Charge

Bag-only

*$140.56

$224.00

$83.44 Credit

*Rate is $140.56/year:  ($221.16 – $80.60 = $140.56) Based on a small bin fee ($221.16) minus the cost of purchasing one bag per collection week (26 weeks x $3.10 = $80.60)

Residential Units Above Commercial (RUAC)

Effective March 1, 2011, City Council approved a 3.6% increase to solid waste fees to all RUAC Bin and Bag-only customers. 

Bin Size

Annual Rate

Annual Rebate (per property)

Annual Net Charge

 

Bi-weekly

Weekly

 

Bi-weekly

Weekly

Small

$221.16

$271.93

$224.00

$2.84 Credit

$ 47.93

Medium

$271.93

$369.31

$224.00

$ 47.93

$145.31

Large

$369.31

$523.68

$224.00

$145.31

$299.68

Extra Large

$428.35

$841.73

$224.00

$204.36

$617.73

Bag-Only Customers

 

Annual Rate

Annual Rebate
(per property)

Annual Net Charge

Bi-weekly

**$140.56

$224.00

$ 83.44 Credit

Weekly

***$110.73

$224.00

$113.27 Credit

 

**Bi-weekly Rate is $104.56/year: ($221.16 – 80.60 = $140.56) Based on a small bin fee ($221.16) minus the cost of purchasing one bag per collection week (26 weeks x $3.10 = $80.60)

***Weekly Rate is $110.73/year:  ($271.93 – 161.20 = $110.73) Based on a small bin fee ($271.93) minus the cost of purchasing one bag per collection week (52 weeks x $3.10 = $161.20)

Multi-Residential Bulk Collection Customers

 

Annual Rate (per unit/year)

Annual Rebate (per unit/year)

Annual Net Charge (per unit/year)

Base Rate Fee

$191.30

$185.00

$6.30

Note:The base volume allotment is increased from 1.704 to 1.917 cubic yards of un-compacted waste per unit/year or 0.852 to 0.9585 cubic yards of compacted waste per unit/year. 

Excess Waste Over Base: Un-compacted

$13.27(per yd3)

Excess Waste Over Base: Compacted

$26.55 (per yd3)

The Solid Waste Rate includes the collection of garbage, recycling, yard waste, organics (where available), bulky items, electronics, white goods/metal items and household hazardous waste.

For more information or to estimate your waste bill see our garbage rate calculator.

Static Bin Collection Customers

Collection Frequency

Annual Rate (per bin/year)

Annual Rebate
(per unit/year)

Bi-weekly

$ 428.36

$157.00

Weekly

$ 718.44

$157.00

Twice Weekly

$1,300.68

$157.00

Note:  All Solid Waste Management fees are HST exempt.


Additional Charges
Some other charges may apply for the following solid waste services:
  • Additional Blue Bins & Garbage Bins
  • Blue Bin & Garbing Bin exchanges
  • Replacement of stolen Blue Bins & Garbage Bins
For more information on Solid Waste visit:
www.toronto.ca/recycle

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