There is no set pick-up time. Day collection pick-up time can be any time starting at 7am until the end of the day. Visit the City of Toronto website to determine your collection day. For apartments, condos, night-time collection or residences above commercial properties, select the Curbside Collection maps.
Waste set out times:
- Day collection customers: waste must be set out no later than 7 am on scheduled collection day and no earlier than 8 pm the night before.
- Empty regulation bins/containers and uncollected garbage, recyclable materials, organic materials and yard waste must be removed from the collection point no later than 10:00 pm on the day of collection
- Night collection customers: waste should be placed out no earlier than 6 pm, and no later than 9:00 pm on the first day of the night-time collection period.
- Empty regulation bins/containers and uncollected garbage, recyclable materials, organic materials and yard waste are removed from the collection point no later than 7:00 am on the second day of the night-time collection period.
Solid Waste Management crews work 4 Days per week:
- Curbside Collection Maps & Schedules
- Day collection: crews work Tuesday to Friday 7 am to 5 pm
- Night collection: crews work Monday to Thursday, 9 pm to 6 am
- Multi-Residential Front-End Loaded (FEL) Container: crews work Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 7am to 6 pm
- Collection starts promptly on the routes at 7am for days and 9 pm for nights.
- Night collection crews start at 6:00 pm (litter bins collected before they start collecting residential waste towards 9pm). They collect residential waste and litter bins (which are also overflowing when people are out walking the streets in warmer weather) on main roads (i.e.: Danforth, Queen, Eglinton, Lawrence, Bloor etc.). The goal is to have these vehicles off the roads during rush hour and out of the transfer stations before 7:00 am in the morning.
Winter Collection
Collections are delayed by the weather conditions. The City of Toronto stresses safety for staff. Snow, icy conditions and parked cars can slow the operations down. Do not place bins behind or on snow banks. If there is a snow storm, hold on to electronic waste or oversized items until the next collection date.
Yard waste Collection
Yard waste begins in mid-March and ends in mid-December, the volumes of material at the curb are far beyond regular volumes on the collection route. Spring is a much heavier time for collections because residents are cleaning out garages, moving and buying furniture which also increases the waste and recycling overflow at the curbside. Crews will be out on the road until at least 5:00 or 6:00 pm.
