Acceptable Items

Residential and non-residential roadside waste collection services will be rescheduled. Please do not place garbage, green carts or blue boxes at the roadside, as this may impact road clearing efforts. Alternate pickup dates will be communicated once available. We will provide an update once bulky item collection service has been restored.

Due to the winter storm event, furniture, appliance and electronic collection services are also temporarily suspended. Please do not place these items at the roadside, in laneways or on top of snowbanks, as they may impact snow clearing operations.

New Green Cart requests have also been suspended.

All landfill sites and the Recycling Centre are closed.

Household Hazardous Waste

Items we accept

  • medicines and supplements
  • sharps (syringes, needles and lancets)
  • household and car batteries
  • butane lighters and cylinders
  • kerosene and gasoline
  • vehicle fluids (windshield washer, motor oil, antifreeze, transmission and brake fluid)
  • glues and cements
  • paint materials (paints, thinners, turpentine, paint strippers, stains and preservatives)
  • rust removers
  • ammonia
  • aerosol cans with product left in them (bug sprays, air fresheners, paint, etc.)
  • drain openers and oven cleaners
  • fire extinguishers
  • fertilizers, weed and bug killers
  • propane tanks and cylinders
  • pool chemicals
  • fluorescent tubes and thermometers

The Household Hazardous Waste Depot and the Toxic Taxi will accept the residential items above. If you don’t see your items in the list, please check our Waste Wise tool to find out how to dispose of your waste.

Learn more about common types of household hazardous waste (PDF, 33 KB).

To reduce the need to dispose of household hazardous waste, check out some alternative cleaning products (PDF, 323 KB) you can make yourself.

Check out the Regeneration program for more locations to drop off paint.

Items we do not accept

  • We do not accept non-residential, pathological, PCB, explosive, radioactive, unknown waste or waste generated from outside the boundaries of the City of Greater Sudbury.