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No more dump runs: Greater Sudbury temporarily closes landfills to public

With increased traffic at landfills, the city made the move to support physical distancing
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In consultation with Public Health Sudbury & Districts, the City of Greater Sudbury has temporarily closed public access to its landfill sites.

That includes the Sudbury, Azilda and Hanmer landfills and Walden Small Vehicle Transfer Station. The measure went into effect on Thursday.

With landfill residential traffic steadily increasing over the past few days, these closures will further support important social (physical) distancing measures recommended by Public Health, said a press release from the city.
 
To assist residents with the closures of these facilities, the residential garbage bag limit has been temporarily increased to four bags, effective immediately. 

Blue Box recycling, Green Cart organics and leaf and yard trimmings residential roadside collection remains unlimited. Residents without roadside pickup service, who use drop-off sites for disposal, are unaffected by these closures. 

Household Hazardous Waste

Household Hazardous Waste Depot drop off days scheduled to be open on Saturdays in April will be suspended until further notice. Please use the Toxic Taxi service for pickup of these items. Please note that due to an increase in requests, wait times for pickup may be longer than usual.

Large Furniture, Appliances and Electronic pickup

The city offers roadside collection of certain large furniture, appliances and electronics items. Please note that due to an increase in requests, wait times for pickup may be longer than usual. For more information on eligible items or to schedule pickup, visit this city's website. 

Residents are encouraged to defer requests for scheduled pickup of non-essential household hazardous waste and large furniture, appliances and electronic items pickups if possible. 

Residents experiencing unusual or challenging situations as a result of the Landfill site closures can call 311 to discuss available options.  

Landfill sites will be accessible to commercial, industrial, and City and contracted residential roadside waste service vehicles only. 

Download the Waste Wise app to receive pick-up day reminders, schedule large furniture, appliance or electronic item pickups, search the what-goes-where database, and much more. The app is available on the Google Play or App Store by searching for “Greater Sudbury Waste Wise.”

You can monitor the city's website and Facebook and Twitter accounts for more information.


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