Size matters: Larger vehicles banned from Richmond Hill waste depot

Yorkregion.com
Aug. 18, 2017
By Lisa Queen

Size matters.

If you are looking to get rid of waste and recycling such as electronic waste, tires, bulky recyclables, cardboard, and scrap metal at Richmond Hill's community environmental centre, check to make sure your vehicle isn't too big.

As of Aug. 24, all cargo vans, cube vans/trucks, and larger vehicles will be prohibited at the centre at 1124 Elgin Mills Rd. E until further notice, according to a statement from York Region.

"Wait times have become unreasonably lengthy with the larger commercial vehicles taking up to 40 minutes to unload, while passenger vehicles with much smaller loads are forced to wait at times upwards of two hours with traffic backing up onto Elgin Mills," spokesperson Patrick Casey said.

"The site is being renovated and improvements are being made which will include the installation of a weigh scale. Once complete, the facility will switch to a weight-based fee structure that will be fair for vehicles of all sizes."

Customers with larger vehicles may visit these alternate sites:

• McCleary Court Community Environmental Centre, 130 McCleary Ct., City of Vaughan
• Earl Turcott Waste Management Facility (Miller Waste Systems), 300 Rodick Rd., City of Markham

Signs will be posted at the Richmond Hill centre entrance notifying customers of the new vehicle size restrictions, and staff will be available to answer questions regarding the size restrictions and provide information about alternate recycling and disposal facilities available.

For inquiries about York Region waste depots, please visit york.ca/wastedepots or call 1-866-665-6752.