Niagara Region Locations

Acceptable Materials

01. Waste

• Household waste, furniture, mattresses
  • $10 surcharge on each mattress and/or box spring (Effective May 1, 2025)
• Appliances (fee for appliances with CFCs)
• Construction and demolition materials
  • Insulation must be bagged
• Drywall, shingles, PVC and ABS pipe
• Soil, sod, dirt (charged at household waste tipping fee)
• Clean wood (not painted or pressure treated)
• Clean asphalt (no rebar)
• Clean concrete (no rebar/mesh, no dirt/soil, no concrete blocks, no patio stones, no red brick/tile, no waste, no wood, no concrete washout)
• Styrofoam
• Contractor leaf and yard waste
• Residential leaf and yard waste (see map for drop-off entrance and follow on-site signage)

02. Leaf and Yard Waste

• Contractor leaf and yard waste – use Waste & Recycling Drop-off Depot scale entrance
• Residential leaf and yard waste – use Compost Facilities entrance (see map )
• Note: We do not accept soil or sod

03. Recyclables

• Blue and grey box materials (newspaper, cardboard, mixed paper, glass, cans, plastics) – Limited Availability
• Scrap metal (clean metal only)
• Bicycles
• Electronics (display devices, computers, printers/peripherals; limit of 5 per category)
• Used clothing
• White goods (appliances without CFCs)
• Passenger car and light truck tires with or without rims (limit of 10 per vehicle)

Acceptable Materials

01. Waste

• Household waste, furniture, mattresses
  • $10 surcharge on each mattress and/or box spring (Effective May 1, 2025)
• Appliances (fees for appliances with CFCs)
• Construction and demolition materials
  • Insulation must be bagged
• Drywall, shingles, PVC and ABS pipe
• Soil, sod, dirt (charged at household waste tipping fee)
• Clean wood (not painted or pressure treated)
• Clean asphalt
• Clean concrete (concrete rate does not apply to rebar/mesh, dirt/soil, concrete blocks, patio stones, red brick/tile, waste wood, concrete washout)
• Styrofoam

02. Food Waste/Organics

• View the full list of acceptable and unacceptable organics materials here
• Food/organic waste drop-off – use Waste & Recycling Drop-off Depot entrance (see map)

03. Leaf & Yard Waste

• Contractor leaf and yard waste – use Waste & Recycling Drop-off Depot entrance
• Note: We do not accept soil or sod

04. Recyclables

• Blue and grey box materials (newspaper, cardboard, mixed paper, glass, cans, plastics) – Limited Availability
• Scrap metal (clean metal only)
• Bicycles
• Electronics (display devices, computers, printers/peripherals; limit of 5 per category)
• Used clothing
• White goods (appliances without CFCs)
• Passenger car and light truck tires with or without rims (limit of 10 per vehicle)

Acceptable Materials

01. Pre-Approved Waste

Pre-Approved Waste still requires that customers fill out a Waste Stream Information Sheet

• Construction and demolition waste from non-industrial sources
• Drywall
• Industrial, commercial and institutional waste similar to curbside waste (i.e. lunchroom waste, office waste, janitorial waste, restaurant waste)
• Grocery and other food waste
• Roofing waste from non-industrial sources
• Textiles
• Non-hazardous household goods (no paints or oils)
• White goods – refrigerators and air conditioners must be tagged showing CFCs have been removed

02. Pre-Approved Food Waste/Organics

Pre-Approved Waste still requires that customers fill out a Waste Stream Information Sheet

• Grocery and other food waste
  • View the full list of acceptable and unacceptable organics materials here **link to popup

03. Materials Requiring Testing & Approval

• Industrial waste streams including sand waste, grinding waste, slag, sludge or any other waste byproducts of production
• Railway ties and telephone poles
• Soil
• Empty containers or liners from empty containers that last contained non-hazardous materials (drums must be cut in two or crushed)
• Roofing waste from industrial sources

04. Asbestos

Asbestos disposals must be booked 24 hours in advance

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