Large Item Collection

The following items are eligible for pick up as part of the large item collection:

• Couches, chairs
• Furniture
• Child car seats
• Rolled large carpets (6ft long, rolled and tied)
• Mattresses and box springs
• Armoires, chests
• Headboards
• Water softeners (No salt or water)
• Pool filters (No sand)
• Pool covers
• BBQs – No propane tanks
• Floor lamps 

The following items will not be picked up as part of the large item collection. Please place them in tagged bags and place them out on your regular garbage collection day, drop off at the EnviroDepot or bring them to the Oxford County Waste Management Facility (Landfill), located at 384060 Salford Rd., Salford, ON N0J 1W0. 

• Any item small enough to fit into a garbage bag or bin
• Flower pots
• Small rugs/mats
• Clothing, sheets, pillows, patio cushions
• Small kids toys or bins of toys
• Sports equipment – basket balls, soccer balls, hockey gear
• Construction materials, wood, cabinets
• Vacuum Cleaners
• Landscape edging, garden hoses
• Car parts, car mats
• Small art work 
• Small appliances, such as microwaves
• Glass, mirrors or windows
• Electronics
• Porcelain or ceramics (e.g. toilets)
• Tires
• White goods – stoves, fridges, dishwashers, dryers, etc.

Please remember this is not a spring clean up, therefore, we do not pick up all items. 

Small items are considered household garbage and must be placed in a garbage bag, tagged and placed out on your next garbage collection day. If you are not sure what goes where, please check out the Wasteline App or call the Engineering/Public Works department first before taking the trouble to place your items at the curb.

Some examples of small items:

• Garden hoses & garden edging - these items can be rolled up and placed in a garbage bag, tagged and placed out on your collection day.
  
  
• Small appliances such as microwaves, kettles, toasters, toaster ovens, vacuum cleaners including upright vacuum cleaners - these items can be taken to a scrap metal company or to the EnviroDepot.
  
  
• Plastic flower pots - this can be placed in your recycling bin if they are clean of dirt, however, the small plastic plant cells must be placed in your garbage bag.
  
  
• Ceramic, clay, or stone flower pots or bird baths – These items can be brought to the EnviroDepot to be given a second life. If you choose to place ceramics in your garbage, remember that bags cannot weigh more than 44lbs. Sharp pieces must be disposed of in a container and marked clearly of broken pieces and tagged and placed out for garbage pickup.
  
  
• Small rugs or carpet remnants, curtain rods - these can be rolled up or broken down and placed in a garbage bag.
  
  
• Wood, cabinets, home renovations, and construction material - these items must be disposed of at either the Enviro Depot or at the Oxford County Landfill in Salford.

We only take up to five large items on each of your large item collection week. See our City Services Calendar for when we are in your area or call the Engineering/Public Works department at 519-539-2382 ext. 3104 or 3102.

Please remember that you must have your large items placed out at the curb by 7 a.m. of the Monday of your collection week even if your garbage day is on Tuesday, or Friday. Once our trucks have been through your street, we will not be back to pick up items set out late. Depending on the amount of items set out in your collection area, it may take us until Friday to complete that the route. Please be patient with us.

Remember, we only pick up bulk items at the curb once a year in the spring. Check our City Services Calendar to see when we are in your area.

If we haven't been by your area yet, view our City Services Calendar for when we are in your area, or call the Engineering/Public Works department at 519-5396-2382 ext. 3104 or 3102.

If you place your items out too early, you will need to remove those items from the curb and place them out on your collection week as per our Property Maintenance Bylaw Chapter 0731 Garbage-Recyclables Collection. Items cannot be placed out until the weekend of your collection week. If you do not remove your items, you will be asked to remove them by our Bylaw Enforcement Officer and if you are not compliant, the City will remove these items at the owners cost. 

If we have been by your area already, you may bring items to the EnviroDepot year round. Follow the link to the Enviro Depot to find out hours of operation.

If you put out small items or small appliances or any other items listed above that are not acceptable, you will need to dispose of them in the proper format. Some items will need to be placed in a garbage bag and tagged for regular household garbage collection, and other items may be placed in your recycling bin, or disposed of at either our Enviro Depot, or at the Oxford County Landfill in Salford. View the Wasteline App link to see how to properly dispose your items. 

We will only pick up five (5) large items during your bulk item collection week. Anything set out over that limit will need to be be brought to the Enviro Depot. Please do not leave extra items out at the curb as per the Property Maintenance Bylaw Chapter 0731 Garbage-Recyclables Collection.

We are only human!

If you have placed out the correct items and on the correct collection week before Monday 7 a.m., and we somehow missed your house, please call us at 519-539-2382 ext. 3104 or 3102 and we will make arrangements to pick them up.

Our trucks are equipped with GPS and we can identify what day and time our trucks were in your area and if we have missed your place.