Landfill materials and rates

Basic Sanitary Waste (garbage)

• Includes sod, street sweepings and asphalt shingles. For more examples, see our list of Landfill Acceptable Items.
• Minimum charge of $25/load for loads less than 250 kilograms.

$113/tonne

Refrigerant Removal from Equipment

• This surcharge applies regardless if the refrigerant has been removed or not.
• Charges for the weight of the item will also apply.
• This applies to equipment that uses refrigerant (freon) such as refrigerators, air conditioners, freezers, water coolers etc.

Drywall

• Gypsum wallboard that has less than 2% by weight of garbage, wood, metal and other contaminants. Wet, painted or vinyl covered wallboards are acceptable, as well as exterior grade wallboards.

$90/tonne

Recyclable Wood

• Untreated dimensional lumber, used pallets, and other wood items that are made of raw and un-processed wood.

$90/tonne

Scrap Metal

• Construction, demolition and renovation related scrap metals up to 1.2 m (4 ft).

$113/tonne

Yard waste

• Leaves and cones, plants and flowers, branches, twigs, hedge prunings, grass clippings, weeds, hay
• Christmas trees
• Cold barbeque or fireplace ashes
• All materials must be loose or in paper bags. No plastic bags.

Please note: Composting for sod is not available at City landfills. This material will be charged the basic sanitary (garbage) rate.

$50/tonne

Certain materials can be dropped off free of charge. See individual program pages for details.

Electronics

Household hazardous waste

Clothing, shoes and textiles

Tires

Fall and spring yard waste (April 14, 2023 to May 28, 2023)

Free