Collection Information

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Please ensure that all you totes are out to the curb by 7 a.m.

Green bins are collected on a weekly basis. Garbage and Recycling is picked up every other week based on your location in Aurora. 

Please place garbage, green bins, recycling and yard waste to the curb no later than 7 a.m. on your scheduled day and by 6 a.m. on Yonge Street and Industrial Parkway (but not earlier than 5 p.m. the night before). Please be aware that the time of collection in your area may change at any time, without notice.

For any questions or concerns, please contact Access Aurora

Bulky Item Pickup - Starting January 1, 2026

Beginning January 1 2026, large item collection will be available through a call-in service, similar to appliance and large metal item pickups. Starting January 1, 2026 you will be required to call GFL at 1-866-421-5625 to book your pick-up for your regular garbage day.

Bulky Item Pickup -Until December 31, 2025

You can place up to 5 bulky/large items on your curb on your regular garbage day for pickup.

Items must be placed at the curb by 7 a.m., with a maximum of 5 items per scheduled pickup.

Non-metal items such as furniture, mattresses, box springs, plastic lawn furniture, toilets and carpeting etc. will be picked up with regular waste collection. Items should be placed at curbside for pick-up on your regular garbage pickup.

If possible, please break-down or separate large/heavy items, bundle small pieces, and tie carpeting and linoleum into rolls measuring no longer than 1.2 metres (4 ft.) and weighing less than 20 kilograms (44 lbs.)

A maximum of five (5) bulky items can be placed at the curb on your scheduled garbage day. Any items over the limit will be tagged and left at the curb.

Christmas tree collection will take place from January 12 to 16, 2026. Trees will be picked up on your scheduled collection day. Please have your trees set out to the curb by 7 a.m.

Decorations, tree skirts and plastic tree bags must be removed before putting your tree out at the curb for pick up. Trees cannot exceed 1.8 m (6 ft).

Please note: Crews will not dig through snow or climb a snowbank to retrieve a tree.

Permanent locations to drop off your electronics

Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex - smaller items accepted such as: cell phones/smart phones, laptops, iPads/tablets, Ipods/MP3 players, cameras/camcorders, routers, modems

Aurora Family Leisure Complex - smaller items accepted such as: cell phones/smart phones, laptops, iPads/tablets, Ipods/MP3 players, cameras/camcorders, routers, modems

Town Hall - 100 John West Way (maximum TV size accepted is 32 inches)

Aurora Community Centre - 1 Community Centre Lane (maximum TV size accepted is 32 inches)

York Region Depot - 225 Garfield Wright Blvd. (limit of 50 KG per household per day, will be in effect at all York Region Waste Depots.)

Please note: Residents are responsible for removing all personal data from computer systems, cellular phones, SIM cards, and other electronics devices. However, measures will be taken to destroy all data during recycling.

To ensure your toilet gets collected, please separate the tank from the bowl. If you are unable to do so, please take your toilet to one the Region’s depots.

Toilet tank removed from bowl

To ensure collection, your toilet must be separated and at the curb before 7 a.m. on the day of collection or after 5 p.m. the night before.

Please contact GFL at 1-866-421-5625 should you have a one piece to ensure collection. 

Large metal items such as appliances, barbecues (excluding propane tanks), bed frames, furnaces, hot water heaters, metal bath tubs, storage sheds and bicycles must be recycled.

Please call our contractor, GFL at 1-866-421-5625 to arrange for a special curbside collection. For safety reasons, please remove doors from refrigerators, freezers, ovens, dishwashers, washers and dryers. Please note: If a special collection is not booked, metal items will not be collected.

Batteries can be safely recycled by dropping them off in the battery collection bins at the following locations:

  • Aurora Town Hall - 100 John West Way
  • Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex - 1400 Wellington St East
  • Aurora Family Leisure Complex - 135 Industrial Pkwy North
  • Joint Operations Centre -  229 Industrial Pkwy North
  • Aurora Community Centre - 1 Community Centre Lane

NEW: Battery Bin at Aurora Town Park

Drop off your batteries at Aurora Town Park 24/7. This cutting-edge bin is designed to endure harsh weather and features advanced sensors for temperature and material monitoring. This initiative underscores our commitment to sustainability and responsible recycling.

Every year, collection personnel are injured due to broken glass and other sharp objects that are not packed properly. Please help keep our workers safe by packing these items in a sealed cardboard box labelled Broken Glass or Sharp Object and set out with your regular garbage collection.

Construction and demolition waste is not collected at the curbside in Aurora. Construction and demolition waste consists mainly of concrete, brick, asphalt, metals, wood and gypsum (drywall). Help reduce the amount of waste that ends up in a landfill by recycling your leftover building supplies at York Region's Community Environment​al Centre

Currently concrete, and other Construction and Demolition (C&D) materials like untreated wood, drywall, foam packing (Polystyrene) is accepted for disposal as garbage for a fee at York Region's depots. There will be areas on-site where concrete disposal will be accepted for recycling.

Tires can be recycled free of charge at the Georgina Transfer Station and the McCleary Court Community Environmental Centre.

Please note: There is a limit of 10 tires per vehicle.

The dumping of any material on public or private property is illegal and negative to our community and the environment. It costs tax payers money to clean up the affected sites.

If you witness an illegal act of dumping, please lend a hand and record the license plate number and contact Aurora's Bylaw division at 905-726-4751 or the York Regional Police at 905-771-1221.

Anyone convicted of illegal dumping is subject to a fine of up to $5,000.

What happens to your electronics?

Your electronics are shipped to an Ontario Electronic Stewardship approved processing facility where they are dismantled into their separate components. The materials, such as steel, aluminum, copper, glass and plastic, are used to create new products. Hazardous materials are sent for further processing and proper disposal. Alternate drop off sites for electronics

  • All in one computers 
  • Answering machines 
  • Audio cassette players 
  • Cameras (digital and non-digital) 
  • CD players/recorders 
  • Cellular phones 
  • Closed circuit monitors 
  • Computer key boards 
  • Computer monitors 
  • Computer mouse devices 
  • Computer terminals 
  • Digital picture frames 
  • Disc drives
  • DVD/Blu-ray players 
  • External hard drives 
  • Fax machines 
  • Home theatre equipment 
  • Laptops 
  • Modems (wireless and wired) 
  • MP3/Digital audio players 
  • Pagers 
  • PDA (cell enabled) 
  • Photocopiers 
  • Portable audio/video players 
  • Printers 
  • Projectors (video, audio, image)
  • Radios 
  • Scanners 
  • Smart phones 
  • Stereo amplifiers 
  • Telephones 
  • Televisions 
  • Turn tables 
  • Tablet PCs 
  • Typewriters (electric) 
  • Video cameras 
  • VCRs 
  • Webcams​

  • ​Audio/Video Cassettes/Tapes
  • CDs/DVDs
  • Electric Tools
  • Kitchen appliances 
  • Large home appliances 
  • Medical equipment
  • Printer cartridges 
  • Vacuum cleaners 
  • Video games

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