Large Item Collection

A large item tag must be purchased and an appointment must be booked with GFL prior to placing large items at the curb for pick-up.

1. Purchase a large item tag from a Newmarket facility or online (account creation required)
2. Call GFL at 1-866-421-5625 to schedule your large item pick-up
3. Play all items at the curb (no more than five items per collection) on your scheduled garbage collection day with the large item tag attached to each item by 7 a.m. Each item must have a large item tag. Please disassemble and bundle large, heavy items so that they are manageable for collection.

Please note: Residents may call GFL in advance to schedule a large-item pick-up. However, to have items collected on your scheduled garbage day, requests must be received no later than 11 a.m. on the Monday of your garbage collection week. Requests received after this time cannot be guaranteed for collection that week and will be scheduled for the next regular garbage collection day.

For safety reasons, large items that contain glass (e.g. table tops, curio cabinets, etc.) must have the glass removed as this material is not accepted in the curbside collection program. Large mirrors are also not accepted. Large mirrors and large amounts of glass can be taken to select York Region Waste Depots for disposal (disposal fees apply).

Large item tags are available for purchase online (account creation required through the online store) or by contacting Customer Service at info@newmarket.ca, calling 905-895-5193 or make a purchase at a facility listed below. 

If you are emailing us, please include your phone number. Our Customer Service Centre will be in touch with you regarding payment and delivery. Please do not provide any payment information by email. The Town will send you your large item tag by mail.

Large item tags are also available for purchase in-person at: 

• Municipal Offices
• Magna Centre
• Ray Twinney Recreation Complex
• Robert N. Shelton Operations Centre
• Newmarket Seniors' Meeting Place
• Newmarket Public Library

Please note that only cashless transactions are accepted for all payments.

Large metal items such as appliances, barbecues (no propane tanks), furnaces, hot water heaters, bicycles and other large metal items require a large item tag and special curbside collection.

To arrange for curbside collection, residents must first purchase a large item tag and then call GFL (Green for Life) at 1-866-421-5625. If a special collection has not been booked, metal items will not be collected.

For safety reasons, please remove doors from fridges, freezers, dishwashers and ovens.

Annual Christmas tree collection takes place in January. Check back here for specific dates close to the holiday. 

Christmas Tree Collection Reminders:

• Place tree at the curb no later than 7 a.m.
• Remove all nails and decorations (ornaments, tinsel, lights, etc.) prior to collection.
• Remove tree stands and bags.
• Do not place Christmas trees on top of, inside or behind a snow bank. Collection staff will not dig through snow or climb a snow bank to retrieve a tree.
• Trees must not be greater than 1.8 metres (6 feet) in height; cut in two if tree exceeds this height.
• Artificial trees are not collected

If you have a Christmas tree for disposal after your scheduled collection day, please keep your tree until yard waste collection begins in the spring. Alternatively, trees can be taken to a York Region waste depot that accepts yard waste (fees apply).

For collection inquiries, please contact our waste collection contractor Green for Life Environmental (GFL) at 1-866-421-5625 or via email at WasteLine@gflenv.com.

Large items, appliances, large metal items and scrap metal can be dropped off at select York Region waste depots for proper disposal (disposal fees may apply).

For more information on what goes where, check out Newmarket's Recycle Coach app or York Region's Bindicator.