Our Residential Drop-Off Facility at Robin Hood Bay,
340 East White Hills Road, is free for use by all residents of the Eastern Region of the province. It’s open every
Tuesday to Saturday, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., except statutory holidays.
The Residential Drop-Off is not open on Mondays.
The Residential Drop-Off is for residential use only— those with commercial accounts will continue to report to the Scale House and landfill.
Residents will no longer have access to the landfill— all drop-offs will take place at our clean and modern facility.
At the Residential Drop-Off, it’s as simple as:
- 1Checking in with a kiosk attendant
- 2Putting your items in the proper bin.
We advise residents to pre-sort all waste before arriving. Separate waste types include:
- 1. household garbage
- 2. recyclable containers
- 3. recyclable papers
- 4. corrugated cardboard
- 5. metals
PLEASE NOTE: There is also a Household Hazardous Waste Facility at the Residential Drop-Off. It’s open year-round on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. —
click here for more details.
Please refer to chart below for details on waste types and special considerations.
Type of Item
Special Considerations
Household Garbage
- General Waste (must be bagged)
- Food waste (must be bagged)
- Glass, Broken dishes (must be secured)
- Styrofoam (must be bagged)
- Trees, branches
- Leaves, grass (must be bagged)
- Wood
- Soil, Sods
- Mattresses, box springs
- Sofas, chairs, furniture
- Televisions, computers
- Vinyl siding, shingles
- Doors (wood)
- and other similar items
MORE ABOUT BULK ITEMS>
Recycling
Paper Products include:
- Newspapers and flyers
- Computer paper
- Writing paper, bond paper
- Toilet paper and paper towel rolls
- Egg cartons (the cardboard kind!)
- Books (hard covers removed)
- Magazines and catalogues
- Shredded paper
- Envelopes
- Glossy paper
- Paper bags
- and other similar items
Containers include:
- Pop and beverage cans
- Tin cans
- Plastic bottles (water, pop, etc)
- Plastic containers (Such as ice cream, yogurt, ketchup, detergent, bleach)
- Milk cartons
- Tetra paks
- and other similar items
Corrugated Cardboard include:
- Packing boxes
- Moving boxes
- appliance boxes, large or small
MORE ABOUT RECYCLABLES>
Paper Products and Containers must be sorted separately and placed in separate clear blue bags.
Please rinse out any food, and remove caps and lids from bottles and containers. Check the bottom of containers to determine their plastic number. We take all types of plastics, except plastic film (bags) and polystyrene (styrofoam).
Corrugated cardboard brought to the residential drop-off does not need to be bagged or bundled. A separate container is available for loose corrugated cardboard only. However, for curbside pickup corrugated cardboard must be bagged or bundled no larger than 2 feet x 2 feet x 1 foot.
Metals
- Empty Paint Cans
- BBQs
- Bicycles
- Doors (metal)
- Metal Furniture & Cabinets
- Metal Piping, Fencing & Wire
- Lighting & Plumbing Fixtures
- Household & Commercial Wiring
- Wire Rope Cables
- Refrigerators
- Stoves
- Dishwashers
- Washers and dryers
- Freezers
- Metal Bathtubs
- Hot water heater
- Empty propane or helium tanks
- and other similar items
MORE ABOUT METALS>
No car parts should be placed in the metal disposal unit.