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Garbage and Recycling

Email:  info@hamilton.ca

Community Recycling Centres

27 Olympic Drive, Dundas (map)

37 Kilbride Road, Hamilton mountain (map)
(includes the Reuse Store)

460 Kenora Avenue, east Hamilton (map)

 

Garbage and Recycling pick-up is changing
Find out what's new. Make sure you get your "trash tags" with the 2013 Garbage and Recycling Guide, coming in the mail in March 2013.

Find your collection calendar

Find your garbage and recycling collection calendar. 

What goes where?
Find out what items go into the blue box, green bin, garbage or yard waste. 

Blue boxes and recycling
What goes in a blue box, tips for recycling, pick-up a replacement blue box, win a gold box. 

Green bins and composting
What goes in a green bin, tips for using a green bin, order a replacement green bin, order a compost box for your garden. 

Leaf and yard waste
Tips for bundling leaf and yard waste, grasscycling. 

Garbage
What goes in the garbage, one bag limit, special consideration, trash tags for extra garbage. 

Bulk items and furniture  
What goes in a bulk pick up, schedule a pick up for bulk items or furniture. 

Community Recycling Centres (transfer stations or the "dump")
What goes to the Community Recycling Centres, locations, hours, fees, appliances (white goods), scrap metal, household hazardous waste. 

Outreach and Departmental Info
Book a school visit and learn more about the City's landfill sites and other information about our operations.