Large Item Pick Up 2025

GFL LARGE ITEM GUIDELINES

Leave items at the curbside by 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 28 and GFL will haul them away for you. Items may be collected by different trucks. Different trucks collect different items, and where possible, items are sent to be recycled.

NO registration required, but special guidelines apply:

• Houses with back alleys must have large items put out at the front of your property for collection.
• Put a note on items (basketball and hockey nets, lawn mowers, wheel barrows, rain barrels, bicycles etc.) to help identify it as being out for pick up.
• All items must be less than six feet by three feet (1.8 metres x 0.9 metres) and weigh less than 200 lbs. (90 kg).
• Limit of two items per household

 

Some examples of acceptable items for collection include:

• stoves

• washer and dryers

• mattress and box spring

• furniture

• sinks

• toilets

• barbecues (no tanks)

• lawnmower (all fluids drained, GFL crew physically checks)

• rain barrels

• snowblower (all fluids drained, GFL crew physically checks)

• lawn furniture

• wheel barrow

• fridges (freon removed and sticker on appliance from certified technician showing that it was removed)

• freezers (freon removed and sticker on appliance from certified technician showing that it was removed)

• air conditioner (freon removed and sticker on appliance from certified technician showing that it was removed)

 

Items which are NOT acceptable for collection include:

• televisions (tube is acceptable, flat screens are not)

• stereos (wired speakers are acceptable, blue tooth speakers are not)

• computers (monitors, towers, key boards, speakers)

• desktop printer

• car parts

• snowmobiles

• assembled swing sets

• tires

• propane tanks

• fridges (freon left in)

• freezers (freon left in)

• air conditioners (freon left in)

• batteries (all kinds)

• any kind of oils/paints

• items larger than 1.8 metres (six feet) in length

• items weighing more than 200 lbs.