Oversized & Metal Items

The City will pick up oversized items set out beside your Garbage Bin on your garbage collection day.

Box springs, furniture, lamps, luggage, mattresses, patio furniture, skis, toilets, etc.
Appliances, barbecues (no propane tanks), bed frames, bicycles, furnaces, hot water heaters, metal bath tubs, storage sheds, etc.
Place items next to your Garbage Bin for pick-up while ensuring 0.5 metres between items
Remove doors from refrigerators, ovens and other appliances
Tie down sofa bed frames so they don’t spring open
For furniture or mattresses infested with bed bugs, refer to Bed Bug Guidelines
Dismantle or separate loose or large heavy items (i.e. remove cabinet shelving etc.)

Carpets and Underpads

Roll, cut and tie carpeting into bundles
Bundles must not be longer than four feet and not weigh more than 20 kg (approximately 44 lbs)
Place items next to your Garbage Bin for pick-up

Trees must be free of bags, tinsel, ornaments, nails, tree skirts and stands
Place tree next to your Garbage Bin for pick-up
Clear tree of plastic bags, tree bags, snow, and ice
Trees that are not collected in January must be placed out for yard waste pick-up when yard waste collection resumes in March or taken to a Drop-Off Depot (max length of four feet, cut if necessary)

You may drop off propane tanks, syringes, cooking oil, household cleaners, paint, pesticides, batteries, etc. at a Drop-Off Depot.
Home pick-up is available for household hazardous waste between 10-50 litres/kilograms. To arrange pick up, please call 311 or complete an online service request.
There is no charge for drop-off or pick-up of household hazardous waste.

Never pour cooking oil down the sink, drain or toilet
Cooking oil from homes, apartments and condos is accepted as household hazardous waste at Drop-Off Depots
Cooking oil should be delivered in a sealed container labelled “used cooking oil”

Construction/renovation waste (wood, bricks, concrete, cinder blocks, paving stones, asphalt, soil, dirt, stones, etc.)
Take these items to a Drop-off Depot or find a private company to dispose of material
Some renovation material may still be useful. Find out if and where it can be donated for reuse.

Rubber tires (rims removed) are accepted at the following drop-off depots:

Note: Heavy truck, forklift and large off-road tires are not accepted at drop-off depots.

Grass clippings are not accepted at Drop-off Depots
Leave grass clippings on the lawn or compost them at home. Leaving grass clippings on the lawn reduces the need for fertilizer by 30 per cent
Clippings are 90 per cent water and return moisture to your lawn reducing your water bill