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What Goes Where?
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Use this feature below to determine how to sort waste into the green bin, recycling, or garbage.

Search instructions

Enter the item that is being disposed of in the text box below and select from the list.
 
Reminder: if the item being searched is not displayed, please contact Access Vaughan at 905-832-2281 or email accessvaughan@vaughan.ca.
 
Before an item is tossed away for good, see if it can be recycled for a new purpose. Donate gently used items at a local shelter or participate in the City’s Curbside Giveaway.
 
Visit the York Region Waste Depots page to find out how to dispose items and household hazardous waste that the City does not collect.

 
Help make waste collection safer for front-line staff
 

To protect waste collectors during the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens are asked to carefully bag all garbage and green bin waste in plastic or certified compostable bags to safely contain the material. 

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) items like medical masks, gloves, and disposable wipes must be bagged as garbage. Tissues, napkins, paper towels belong in the green bin.
 

 Contact Information

 

Environmental Services

Phone: 905-832-2281

Email: accessvaughan@vaughan.ca 

Location: 
Joint Operations Centre
2800 Rutherford Rd.
Vaughan, ON  L4K 2N9
 
The Joint Operations Centre is closed to the public 
until further notice. Visit vaughan.ca/COVID19 for 
more information.
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 Related Links

 
  • Blue box recycling
  • Garbage, large and bulky items
  • Grasscycling
  • Green bin organics
  • Keep Vaughan litter-free
  • Leaf and yard waste
  • Other items: Household hazardous waste and waste depots
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Waste collection schedule
 

 Additional Resources

 
  • Waste Collection Bylaw 135-2017 (PDF)
  • Waste Collection Design Standards for Developers (PDF)
  • York Region Garbage and Recycling

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