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Book a large item pickup
You can arrange for the City to pick up large items like:
- Appliances (please remove doors and lids)
- Lawnmowers, wheelbarrows, BBQs and other metal goods
- Furniture
- Bicycles
- Mattresses
- Extra grey (garbage) cart collection
Schedule a pickup date
Call us to schedule and pay for a large item pickup by credit card. Place the item at the curb before 6:30 a.m. on the scheduled pickup day.
Purchase a ticket
- Large item: $60+HST for one item and $27+HST for each additional item. Tickets are non-refundable.
- Refrigerant/CGC pumping for refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, water coolers is an additional $26.55+HST each.
Large items left at the curb without a scheduled large item pickup are subject to fines or fees under Guelph’s Waste Management Bylaw.
Waste drop-off
You can also drop off any large items at the Waste Resources Innovation Centre, 110 Dunlop Drive.
For more information
Solid Waste Resources
519-767-0598; TTY: 519-826-9771
[email protected]
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- Clothing donation locations
- Compost at home or at work
- Construction, Renovation and Demolition Waste Management Guidebook
- Donate plastic bags and reusable shopping bags
- Downtown Solid Waste User Fee Study
- Downtown waste collection
- Goods Exchange Weekends in Guelph
- How to dispose of furniture, appliances, large items
- How to dispose of household hazardous waste
- How to dispose of restaurant grease and oil
- How to sort garbage and recycling in Guelph
- Multi-residential waste collection
- ReCycle your bike, or get a used bike free
- Single-use items reduction strategy and ban
- Waste Resource Innovation Centre
- Waste cart orders, repairs, and exchanges
- Waste collection for businesses
- Waste collection schedule
- What happens to Guelph’s waste?
- Yard waste
Guelph Waste app
Use the Guelph Waste app to sign up for email or phone reminders about your waste collection schedule.
Download the free mobile app for Apple or Google devices.
