CURBSIDE COLLECTION

TO THE CURB
OVERSIZED ITEMS
Your Green Bin, Blue Bin, Garbage Bin, yard waste and oversized NO LATER THAN Items that will not fit in your Garbage Bin, even when
items must be set out no later than 7 a.m. and no earlier than empty, are considered oversized.
8 p.m. the night before your scheduled collection day. The lid 7 A.M. Oversized items can be left next to your Garbage Bin for
opening must face the street and the bins must be set out squarely regular collection. No tags or appointment required.
facing the street.
Furniture
Box springs, dressers, chairs, mattresses,
! ENSURE LIDS ON ALL BINS ARE FULLY CLOSED patio furniture, etc.
GREEN BIN Need a new bin or repairs? • Use a plastic or paper bag for
ORGANICS Contact 311*. either container. Compostable Sofa beds
It is not necessary to separate the metal
• Do NOT put items in loose. bags are not necessary. frame from the sofa. For safety reasons,
• You must line your kitchen • The handle of the bin the frame must be tied to prevent it from
catcher or outdoor Green must be set in the locked springing open.
Bin. Do not line both. position.
Metal
BLUE BIN Blue Bin exchange, • Put any excess recycling in Appliances (doors removed),
RECYCLING contact 311*. a clear plastic bag beside barbecues (no propane tanks)

• Put items in LOOSE and not your Blue Bin. Bags cannot
bagged (except for shredded be larger than your Blue Bin. Carpeting, underpad
paper). • Excess cardboard does not and linoleum
need to be bagged. Please Items must be tied in rolls measuring no
• Do NOT line your Blue Bin longer than 1.2 m (4 ft.) and weighing less
with a plastic bag. flatten and cut down to a
size that will fit in your Blue than 20 kg (44 lb).
• All recycling should fit in your
Bin, or bundle and place Toilets
Blue Bin with the lid closed.
beside the bin. If the tank is removable, it must be
• Ties/bungee cords must be
separated from the bowl.
completely removed before
collection. Other
Luggage, skis, lamps, baby strollers, baby
GARBAGE Garbage Bin exchange, contact 311*. Fees may apply.
BIN • Garbage must fit in your Garbage Bin with the lid closed. car seats, etc.

• Ties/bungee cords must be completely removed before

collection. INSTRUCTIONS FOR
OVERSIZED ITEMS
EXCESS • Must be put in a regular garbage bag.
GARBAGE Must have a Garbage Tag. • Put oversized items 0.5 m (2 ft.) away from your Garbage Bin.
•
• Wall units should be separated into 2.5 m
• Garbage Tags can be purchased at (no greater than 8 ft.) lengths.
toronto.ca/solidwastestore or Toronto Canadian Tire
and Shoppers Drug Mart stores. Tags never expire. • Remove doors from fridges, ovens and other large appliances.
• Bags cannot weigh more than 20 kg (44 lb). • Tie/bundle sofa bed frames.

YARD • For information about yard waste collection,

WASTE please visit toronto.ca/yardwaste.
Check
ITEMS NOT COLLECTED DURING REGULAR
CURBSIDE COLLECTION at toronto.ca/wastewizard
Tires, paints, solvents, flammable liquids, batteries, compact fluorescent bulbs, OR
propane tanks and cylinders, pesticides, gasoline, syringes/needles, liquids, dead Download the TOwaste app or contact
animals, sod, rocks, soil, gravel, demolition and construction materials. (For 311 to find out what goes where.
instructions on proper household hazardous waste disposal visit toronto.ca/hhw).
ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED AT DROP-OFF DEPOTS
Dead animals, sod, grass and clippings, rocks, soil, gravel, bricks, concrete, cinder toronto.ca/waste
blocks, paving stones, asphalt, dirt, stones, ammunition, asbestos, etc. Contact a
*Call 311 (TTY: 416-338-0889), email 311@toronto.ca
private company to arrange for proper disposal of these items. or complete online service request at toronto.ca/311
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