Bulk Garbage and Metal

The Town offers bulk garbage by appointment and can be made by contacting the Town via email or by phone 709.782.3577. Bulk Garbage has resumed for the season, the next bulk garbage pick-up is July 7 and the next metal pick-up is July 21, 2025.

Bulk Items

Bulk Items (Non-Metal) accepted for a scheduled bulk pick-up include:

Furniture
Wood (4ft tied and bundled)
Vacuum cleaners
Toys
Carpet / underlay / flooring
Mattresses / box springs
Gyproc (broken down, boxed / bagged)
Toilets/vanity sinks
Glass (boxed and marked 'glass')
Leaves (bagged)
Wooden doors
Wooden windows (glass wrapped)

Metal Items accepted for a scheduled metal pick-up include:

Fridges / deep freezers
Stoves
Hot water boilers
Dishwashers
Metal tables and chairs
Washers / dryers
Swing sets (dismantled)
Bicycles
BBQs (no tanks)
Bath tubs
Screen and metal doors
Lawn mowers
Empty paint cans (lids off)

Items NOT accepted for bulk garbage/metal collection:

Cardboard (please use the Town's Curbside Recycling Program)
Old electronics (microwaves, televisions, computers, stereos, etc.)
Propane tanks and cylinders
Oil tanks
Car parts
No motors of any kind
Paints
Car batteries
Tires
Chemical products
Oil
Hazardous waste materials
Trees and stumps
Earthen
Brick and concrete materials
Home renovation / building materials

Not sure what you should do with household hazardous waste, paint, tires, and electronics? See below for the programs available in your area.

Household hazardous waste

Household hazardous waste is collected at the HHW facility located in the Residential Drop-off Facility at Robin Hood Bay. It is open two days a week, year-round, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Paint recycling program

Residents can now recycle left over paint. Just take it to a Product Care collection site for recycling and do your part for the environment. To find a paint collection site near you, visit: https://www.productcare.org/products/paint/newfoundland/ or call 1-888-772-9772.

Used tire program

Consumers can leave their used tires, at no cost, with a tire retailer upon the purchase of new tires. However, they can also be returned to a tire retailer at a later date in manageable quantities (four to five tires) during the retailer's normal business hours.

Tires that are accepted include passenger tires, light truck tires, commercial truck tires, motorcycle tires. The used tires must be in whole form, free of mud and debris and the rims must be removed prior to returning to a tire retailer.

For more information about the used tire recycling program, visit: www.mmsb.nl.ca/recyclingprograms/used-tires/

Electronic products recycling program

Residents and businesses can recycle their old electronics and help divert potentially hazardous materials from the landfill by dropping off their unwanted electronics to a drop-off centre located throughout the province.

Visit: www.recyclemyelectronics.ca/nl/ to find out the nearest recycling drop off centre and to find out what electronics are accepted in the program.