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Large Item Pickup

We provide a large item collection service for items that are too big or heavy for our regular curbside collection service.

Large Item Pickup is available monthly from April to September. Booking for the 2025 season starts in March 2025. For further information contact 705-742-7777 ext. 1657. 

We define large items as items weighing more than 13.6 kg (30 lbs) and longer than 1 m (3 ft).

The cost is $60 for the first item and $30 for each additional item.

  • Air conditioner*
  • Air hockey table
  • Area rug/carpet/underpad (rolled)
  • Bath tub
  • BBQ (no propane tanks)
  • Bicycle
  • Box spring/bed frame
  • Chair (any type)
  • Change table
  • Chesterfield (sectionals – each piece counts as one item)
  • Crib
  • Cushion/vinyl flooring (rolled)
  • Dehumidifier*
  • Desk
  • Dishwasher
  • Dresser
  • Dryer
  • Entertainment centre
  • Exercise equipment
  • Exhaust hood
  • Filing cabinet
  • Floor lamp
  • Freezer*
  • Furnace
  • Garden tools
  • Golf cart
  • Humidifier
  • Ironing board
  • Ladder
  • Laundry tub
  • Lawn mower
  • Lounge chair
  • Love-seat
  • Mattress (any size)
  • Metal storm/screen door
  • Microwave
  • Ottoman
  • Outdoor furniture (each piece = 1 item)
  • Packing/Steamer trunk
  • Patio umbrella
  • Planter
  • Pool cover
  • Portable heater
  • Refrigerator*
  • Shower stall
  • Sink
  • Snow blower
  • Stove
  • Swing set
  • Table (any size)
  • Toaster oven
  • Toilet (tank + stool = 1 item)
  • Washing machine
  • Water heater (domestic)
  • Wood stove

* A licensed technician must remove the Freon from these items before collection. Most appliance dealers offer this service for a fee. We won't collect these appliances unless they bear this certification. Items still containing Freon can be dropped off at the landfill, 1260 Bensfort Rd., for a fee per item, which includes Freon removal.

  • Televisions, computers, electronics (take to Household Hazardous Waste Depot)
  • Freon items without certification that the Freon has been removed
  • Fluorescent Tubes, propane tanks (take to Household Hazardous Waste Depot)
  • Construction and demolition waste
  • Tires or other automobile parts
  • Fuel tanks, 45-gallon drums
  • Metal garage doors
  • Mirrors, windows
  • Stones, blocks, bricks, aggregate
  • Roofing materials and eavestroughing
  • Fluorescent light bulbs (take to Household Hazardous Waste Depot)
  • Cupboards, cabinets, wooden doors
  • Above ground pools
  • Fencing (wood or wire), fence stakes or posts
  • Outdoor storage sheds, dog houses
  • Hot tubs
  • Piano/organ

Contact Us

City Hall
500 George St. N.
Peterborough, ON
K9H 3R9

Phone: 705-742-7777
Toll Free: 1-855-738-3755
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