Sudbury Garbage Dump: Hours, Live Camera, Fees and Collection Schedule
Start with Waste Wise for an address-specific pickup date or the official Kingsway landfill camera before a dump run. Greater Sudbury operates landfills in Sudbury, Hanmer and Azilda plus the Walden Small Vehicle Transfer Site. This guide explains seasonal hours, the $5 gate fee, 2026 tipping rates, free diversion streams, holiday changes, bag tags, Blue Box contacts, hazardous waste and missed collection.
Quick Answer: Curbside Collection or a Sudbury Rubbish Dump?
Use curbside service for normal scheduled garbage, Green Cart organics, residential Blue Box recycling and leaf or yard trimmings. Use a landfill, transfer site or special collection programme for extra loads, construction debris, hazardous products, appliances, electronics and bulky waste.
Normal household waste
Search your address in Waste Wise. Garbage is generally every other week; Green Cart and residential Blue Box collection are weekly.
More than two garbage items
Attach a tag to every extra approved bag, container or bundle, or self-haul the excess to a disposal site.
Furniture or appliance
Request roadside collection through Waste Wise before placing an eligible bulky item outside.
Paint, fuel or chemicals
Use the Household Hazardous Waste Depot or book the free Toxic Taxi. Never hide hazardous products in garbage.
Greater Sudbury has three landfill sites and one small-vehicle transfer site. Confirm the facility, hours and material route before loading your vehicle.
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Sudbury Garbage Disposal: Where Should This Item Go?
Sudbury City Dump Locations: Three Landfills and Walden Transfer Site
Sudbury Landfill and Waste Diversion Site
2870 Kingsway, Sudbury
Use the official live camera and scale-status page before driving to this location.
Hanmer Landfill and Waste Diversion Site
900 Northern Road, Hanmer
The entrance is off Gravel Drive. Northern Road was formerly called Sanitary Landfill Road.
Azilda Landfill and Waste Diversion Site
310 Montée Rouleau, Azilda
Access is off Highway 144. Confirm acceptance before bringing a specialized material.
Walden Small Vehicle Transfer Site
120 McCharles Lake Road
This is a transfer station, not a landfill. It accepts small household loads and designated recycling streams.
Each landfill has diversion areas. Follow staff directions for scrap metal, electronics, appliances, organics, yard waste, recycling and garbage.
Sudbury Garbage Dump Hours: Summer, Winter and Walden
Sudbury, Hanmer and Azilda hours
Monday–Friday: 7 a.m.–7 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
Walden weekday hours differ
- May–September weekdays: noon–7 p.m.
- October–April weekdays: noon–5 p.m.
- Saturday year-round: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
- Sunday: closed.
- During the annual residential fee-holiday week, Walden normally follows landfill hours.
Arrival before the closing minute does not guarantee enough time to cross the scale, receive instructions and unload a complicated load.
Sudbury City Dump Camera: Check the Kingsway Line
Greater Sudbury’s livestream helps residents view traffic at the Sudbury Landfill before leaving home.
Estimating the vehicle queue
Look for vehicles near the entrance and scale before choosing when to make the trip.
Camera does not replace hours
A visible feed does not prove that the site is open, the scale is operating or your material is accepted.
Kingsway location only
The official camera does not show traffic at Hanmer, Azilda or Walden.
Sudbury Garbage Dump Fees and the $5 Gate Fee
Every vehicle load normally pays a $5 gate fee plus any applicable tipping charge. Sorting is important because mixed recyclable material can cost two or three times more than separated garbage.
Blue Box materials, appliances, electronics, metal, yard waste and organics may have no tipping fee when visibly separated. Mixed into garbage, they can trigger a higher rate.
Residential separated-garbage cost helper
- The normal $5 vehicle gate fee is included.
- The first 50 kg per week may be exempt for an eligible resident.
- A 50–100 kg eligible weekly load uses the City’s $4.25 flat tipping charge after the exemption.
- Loads over 100 kg use the applicable per-tonne rate after the first 50 kg.
- The resident must deliver household waste in a private motor vehicle.
Where Can Sudbury Residents Dispose of Waste for Free?
Ordinary unsorted garbage is not generally free. Some separated diversion streams have no tipping fee, although the $5 vehicle gate fee normally still applies at a landfill or transfer site.
Landfill diversion streams
- Blue Box recyclables.
- Green Cart food scraps and accepted paper.
- Scrap metal.
- Electronics.
- Appliances, including microwaves.
- Reusable clothing and household textiles.
- Leaves, grass, twigs, branches and natural trees.
- Sod without soil or rocks.
- Tires with or without rims.
Use another programme first
- Use regular curbside collection.
- Book unlimited eligible bulky-item requests.
- Use the Frobisher recycling depot.
- Use producer drop-offs for electronics, tires and bulbs.
- Return medication and sharps to an approved pharmacy route.
- Donate or sell reusable goods.
- Book free Toxic Taxi collection.
The published 2026 event ran May 11–16. Do not assume another free week applies unless the City announces it on the current-year landfill page.
Sudbury Garbage Collection Schedule: Find Today’s Pickup
Greater Sudbury does not have one city-wide garbage day. Enter the exact property address in Waste Wise to view garbage, Green Cart, Blue Box, leaf and yard trimming and special-collection dates.
Every other week
Most eligible household units may place two approved bags, containers or bundles at the roadside.
Every week
Eligible properties receive unlimited weekly Green Cart organics collection.
Every week
WM continues weekly residential Blue Box collection under Circular Materials, with schedules shown in Waste Wise.
Every other week
Eligible residents receive unlimited year-round collection on their address schedule.
Seasonal roadside set-out times
Between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m.
Put garbage, Blue Box material and the Green Cart out on collection morning during the warmer season.
After 8 p.m. or by 7 a.m.
Winter set-out may occur after 8 p.m. the night before, but all material must be ready by 7 a.m.
Place material visibly on level ground near the road. Keep it off sidewalks, travelled roads, snowbanks and areas needed by road-maintenance crews.
Sudbury Garbage Collection Holiday Schedule 2026
Collection changes only on the specific dates listed below. Several Monday holidays have no curbside schedule change even when a landfill is closed.
For example, some holidays leave curbside collection unchanged while landfill sites close. Check both the pickup and facility columns before acting.
Sudbury Garbage Bag Tags: Price, Placement and PDF Rules
The regular limit is two approved garbage items per household unit every other week. Every additional bag, container or bundle requires one properly displayed tag.
$15 for five tags
Buy online, at Citizen Service Centres, library branches or participating retailers. Phone a retailer first because stock varies.
Attach around the neck
Tie the bag first, then secure the tag around its neck. Do not use the tag as the twist tie.
Tag the top bag
Do not attach a tag to the can. Place one clearly visible tag on the top bag inside the container.
Attach to the twine
Tie the material securely and attach one full visible tag to the string or twine.
Approved sizes from the official bag-tag PDF
Torn tags, hidden tags, tags attached to a can, tags used as ties and tags placed on an unapproved or overweight item can result in non-collection.
Extra-Waste Support for Diapers, Medical Needs and Pet Waste
Residents who regularly exceed the two-item garbage limit may qualify for a City support programme instead of continually buying ordinary tags.
Diaper-waste exemption
- Apply before placing extra clear diaper bags outside.
- Choose two clear bags per registered child every other week, or one clear bag every week.
- Each bag must contain diaper waste only and remain under 18 kg.
- Allow at least two weeks for processing.
- Renew annually until the child turns four.
Up to 104 special tags
- For unrecyclable, non-hazardous and non-pathological medical waste.
- An initial health-care-professional form is required.
- Approved residents may choose every-other-week or weekly tagged collection.
- The extra week is not shown in Waste Wise.
- Allow at least two weeks and reapply annually.
Exemption and digester options
- Pet-waste exemption applications are available.
- Cat-litter bags can use ordinary garbage tags when prepared correctly.
- A dog-waste-digester rebate of up to $50 per household is listed.
- Advise the landfill attendant when delivering full pet-waste bags.
- Residents may request a waste-sorting home visit from a City expert.
The support programmes require eligible households to use available Blue Box, Green Cart and leaf or yard collection. Hazardous or pathological medical waste remains excluded.
Greater Sudbury Blue Box Collection in 2026
Management of most residential Blue Box collection transferred to Circular Materials Ontario on January 1, 2026. Waste Wise still displays collection days, but the correct service contact depends on the property.
Contact WM
Phone: 1-800-561-1655
Email: canresidential@wm.com
Use WM for missed residential collection, replacement boxes and accepted-material questions.
Use Waste Wise or 311
If the “More information about my service” message does not appear under the address, the property may remain in the City programme or use another collection arrangement.
Six-unit building rule residents can easily miss
Built before January 1, 2026
A six-unit residential building may receive Blue Box collection through WM on behalf of Circular Materials.
Built in 2026 or later
A six-unit building may instead receive the City’s recycling service, with missed pickups reported through 311.
Sudbury Household Hazardous Waste Depot and Toxic Taxi
Paint, fuel, solvents, oil, pesticides, aerosols and similar products must not go into household garbage, a sink or the sewer.
1853 Frobisher Street
The depot is off Falconbridge Road and opens only on selected Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
2026 opening dates
Jan 10; Feb 14; Mar 14; Apr 4, 11, 18, 25; May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Jun 13; Jul 11; Aug 8; Sep 5, 12, 19, 26; Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Nov 14; Dec 12.
Free Toxic Taxi
Residents unable to drive hazardous household products to the depot can schedule free home collection through Waste Wise.
- Keep products in original labelled containers where possible.
- Do not mix chemicals together.
- Secure containers upright during storage.
- Use Waste Wise to check whether an item qualifies.
- Follow appointment instructions for the collection location.
Furniture, Appliances, Electronics and Yard Waste
Book before set-out
- Search the specific item in Waste Wise.
- Submit a pickup request online, in the app or through 311.
- Place the item outside on the day the request is submitted.
- Allow at least three business days.
- For missed-item reporting, the 311 guidance says to allow five business days.
- Check live delay notices before calling.
Unlimited every other week
- Leaves, grass, plants, hedge trimmings and brush.
- Twigs, branches and natural Christmas trees.
- Place visibly on level ground near the roadway.
- Keep it away from snowbanks, sidewalks and fences.
- Do not include soil, sod, root balls, gravel, fruit or vegetables.
Renovation debris is not an ordinary bulky-item pickup. Contact 311 at least 48 hours before delivering asbestos and follow the City’s packaging and arrival instructions.
Missed Sudbury Garbage Collection: Check This Before Calling
Garbage, Green Cart and leaf or yard material is considered missed only after 7 p.m. on its scheduled day.
Was the set-out eligible?
- Correct Waste Wise collection date?
- Material outside by 7 a.m.?
- No more than two untagged garbage items?
- Each item at or below 18 kg?
- Full tags visible on every extra item?
- No prohibited or hazardous material?
- Material visible and off the road or snowbank?
After 7 p.m.
Remove uncollected material from the roadside and contact 311 on the following business day.
For a missed residential Blue Box, use WM when Waste Wise identifies Circular Materials as the provider.
Garbage, Green Cart and yard waste
Long distance: 705-671-2489
CMO residential Blue Box
Bulky item request
Use the confirmation provided by Waste Wise and allow the full published pickup window before reporting it missed.
Does Greater Sudbury Roadside Collection Apply to Your Property?
Before-You-Go Sudbury Landfill Checklist
Search unusual items in Waste Wise
Identify garbage, recycling, organics, appliances, hazardous products and construction materials before loading.
Choose Sudbury, Hanmer, Azilda or Walden
Confirm the closest suitable facility and whether a small-vehicle transfer site is sufficient.
Check hours, holidays and service alerts
Seasonal hours and Walden weekday hours differ, and emergencies can override the published schedule.
Open the Kingsway camera when using Sudbury
Look at the queue and reported scale status, but still verify the facility hours.
Separate and secure the vehicle load
Keep no-fee diversion streams visible and separate, and cover loose material during transport.
Official Greater Sudbury Garbage Resources
Sudbury Garbage Dump and Collection FAQ
Where is the Sudbury garbage dump?
What are the Sudbury garbage dump hours?
Does Sudbury have a city dump camera?
How much does the Sudbury dump cost?
Can Sudbury residents dump garbage for free?
How often is garbage collected in Greater Sudbury?
How do I check today’s Sudbury garbage collection schedule?
What time should garbage be at the roadside?
How much are Sudbury garbage bag tags?
What should I do if my garbage was not picked up?
Who handles missed residential Blue Box collection?
Where should paint, fuel and household chemicals go?
Final Sudbury Waste Checklist
Search your address in Waste Wise before collection morning. Keep regular garbage within two approved items and 18 kg per item, or tag every extra item. Before a dump run, choose Sudbury, Hanmer, Azilda or Walden, confirm seasonal hours, check the Kingsway camera when applicable, separate no-fee diversion materials and plan for the $5 gate fee plus any tipping charge.