The City of Toronto operates seven Transfer Stations which have Drop-Off Depots used to collect, sort and transfer all the City’s waste. Please visit toronto.ca/drop-off-depots for information on items accepted, locations and hours (including holiday impacts), fees, drop-off process, regulations and prohibited waste, as well as depot services for businesses.
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A deposit will be required before you are allowed to dispose of your material. The deposit amount will depend on the estimated size of your load and the type of material. A minimum $40 deposit will be required for all loads. Disposal fees can be paid by cash, credit (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express), and debit. HST is exempt on invoices for waste dropped off at the City's Drop-Off Depots.
Organics are not accepted from any customers other than City of Toronto collection vehicles (no commercial or residential loads are accepted). Organic material brought to a depot will be treated as garbage, and therefore, garbage fees will apply.
Disposal of cardboard/corrugated at a depot does not require tying or bundling, however, it should be broken down or flattened (boxes) to save room in the bin for others. Larger cardboard can be dropped off in the corrugated cardboard pile if necessary, ask the staff at the depot who will advise.
To promote diversion from landfill, effective immediately, dedicated mattress loads (1 or more mattresses) are only accepted at Dufferin and Commissioners transfer stations. Mattresses (dedicated or in a mixed load) should not be accepted at any other transfer station. Staff will direct residents with mixed loads that contain mattresses to take the mattresses to Dufferin or Commissioners to divert them for landfill.
Residents dropping off HHW and electronics at a Depot do not need to go over the weigh scales, they are to follow the signs and go directly to the HHW Depot. HHW is only accepted from residential households. Computer /electronics are accepted from both residential households and commercial businesses (see: Computers and Electronics recycling - Commercial businesses). Drop off of HHW and electronic waste is free of charge.
Commercial customers without a Commercial Drop & Load account are permitted to drop off garbage and recycling as well as computers/electronics.
HHW Reuse Centres, where residents are able to take usable paint and some other HHW products set aside for reuse, have been discontinued, suspended and no longer active.
Visit toronto.ca/reduce-reuse for locations to pick up or donate your unwanted items.