Waste and Recycling
Find your waste schedule, learn about garbage process, schedule a Bulk Pickup, learn about Blue Box program and recycling, Green Bin program and composting as well as the City's Yard waste program.
Contact Waste
Phone: 905-546-2489
Email: askCITY@hamilton.ca or wastemanagement@hamilton.ca
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Find your Waste Collection Schedule
Place your waste at the curb in front of your property between 7 pm on the evening before and 7 am on the morning of your scheduled pick up day.
Find your Scheduled Pick-up Day
Order Additional Trash Tags
Run out of garbage tags? Each household can request 14 more tags each waste-calendar year.
Order extra waste tags
Bulk Pickup
The City of Hamilton picks up furniture and other bulk items every week that are too big to fit into a garbage bag or can. You can submit a request below for bulk item pick up, or items can be taken to a Community Recycling Centre. There is a cost to get rid of things that cannot be donated or recycled.
COMMON BULK ITEMS
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•Bathtubs (fibreglass or plastic)
•Bed frames (cut into 4 ft lengths, no metal)
•Carpeting (rolled and tied)
•Furniture (up to 200 lbs)
•Hot tubs (cut into pieces under 4ft x 2ft with sharp edges covered)
•Mattresses and box springs (wrapped and sealed in plastic)
•Mirrors and glass tables (sealed in cardboard)
•Pool liners (rolled and tied)
•Pool / ping pong tables (taken apart, no slate)
•Toilets (tanks removed)
•Water coolers
Schedule a Bulk Pickup
Online
Or call: 905-546-2489 at least one week before you want your bulk garbage picked up. Pick-up will be on the same day as your regular waste collection day.
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Illegal Dumping
To report illegal dumping:
On Public Property:
On Private Property:
or call 905-546-CITY(2489).
Provide as much information as you can, including:
•make/model or license plate number of vehicle
•description of people
•any other information you think may help an investigation
Do not confront people illegal dumping. City staffed are trained to handle these situations.