Recycling Depots & Drop Off Centres

What Can I Bring to the Recycling Depots?

• All Blue Box Items
• Cardboard
• Cell Phones
• Fluorescent Lights and Tubes
• Household Batteries
• Ink Cartridges
• Polystyrene (Styrofoam)
• Plastic Bags
• Scrap Metal
• Textiles Donate All your textiles
• Tires (maximum of ten per day)

Recycling Depots do not accept these items:

• Garbage
• Organics
• Hazardous Waste
• Yard Material
• Electronics
• Appliances
  

• Household Hazardous Waste & Electronics Depot - drop off hazardous waste and electronics. For more information, visit the Household Hazardous Waste Depot website.
  
  
• Community Environmental Centres (CEC) – drop off  Blue Box recyclables, yard material and garbage. For more information, visit Elgin Mills CEC 
• Address: 1124 Elgin Mills Road East, Richmond Hill, Ontario
  
  
• ReStore Markham (Habitat for Humanity) – drop off reusable renovation and building materials. For more information, visit the Habitat for Humanity website.
  Address: 7701 Woodbine Avenue, Markham, Ontario, L3R 2N6
  Phone: 416.755.7353 extension 305

You can buy new recycling bins or replace a broken Markham bin at our Recycling Depots. You must pay by cheque or debit/credit card. Our depots don't take cash.

Purchase Prices

• Green Bin - $25.00
  
• Blue Box 80L - $14.50
  
• Kitchen Catcher - $10.50
  
• Apartment Blue Bag - $6.50
  
• Appliance Pick-up (each) - $16

Some bins can also be bought at:

• Civic Centre - 101 Town Centre Boulevard (blue box exchange only)
  
• Angus Glen Community Centre
• Centennial Community Centre
• Milliken Community Centre
  
• Thornhill Community Centre

Replacement Policy

• Only Markham-branded bins that are broken can be replaced.
• $5.50 fee applies. Maximum 3 bins per transaction.
• You can't exchange bins at our community centre locations.