Waste Management Facility

Please ensure all loads are covered and secured. Unsecured loads are subject to additional fees or fines under the Waste Management Bylaw.

Click here for current tipping fees.

The following items are not accepted at the Waste Management Facility:

• Electronic waste
• Recyclable packaging and paper products (residential and commercial)
• Commercial hazardous waste
• Waste from outside City limits
• Contaminated soil
• Tires on rims
• Radioactive waste
• Slaughter waste
• Bio-medical waste
• 45-gallon drums with contents not purged or with lid on
• Waste from international air travel
• Vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles
• Any other item that may be identified by a City designated officer as not accepted

Household hazardous waste (HHW) is not allowed in your regular garbage. Proper disposal is important to ensure these materials don’t end up polluting the air we breathe or the water we drink. There is no fee to dispose of residential HHW, but there are different locations to drop off your HHW depending on what you are disposing of:

Batteries – multiple locations
Visit recycleyourbatteries.ca for details on disposal locations.

Waste oil, antifreeze, Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF), automotive containers and oil filters – KBL Environmental (located at the Waste Management Facility)
Mondays, Thursdays, and the first Saturday of each month only
9 am to 4 pm
Click here to see a detailed list of accepted items.

All other residential HHW – Waste Management Facility at the HHW area
Saturdays only
9 am to 4 pm
Click here to see a detailed list of accepted items. Please note that waste oil, antifreeze, DEF, oil filters, automotive containers, and batteries are not accepted.

All items must be properly labelled and identifiable. Commercial hazardous waste is not accepted at the Waste Management Facility and regular tipping fees apply for all non-HHW materials.

HHW will not be accepted outside of the specified days/hours and must be brought separate from regular waste to avoid mixed load fees. If you are a business with hazardous waste, contact a private service provider for disposal options.

Asbestos is found in a wide range of materials, especially in buildings constructed prior to 1990. Asbestos can be found in materials like old drywall mud, ceiling tiles, insulation and siding. When asbestos is disturbed and becomes airborne it poses a serious threat to human health. If your project involves working with asbestos or lead, you must contact the WSCB Workplace Health and Safety Branch to get approval before doing any work.

The Waste Management Facility requires minimum 24-hours notice before accepting loads of asbestos-containing materials. Asbestos materials must be bagged and sealed before transportation. Asbestos manifests are required to transport asbestos. These can be picked up in advance from Government of Yukon Department of Environment (10 Burns Road) or the Waste Management Facility gatehouse.

To make an appointment to dispose of asbestos, call the Waste Management Facility gatehouse at 867-668-1621.

The City’s compost facility accepts organic waste from Whitehorse residents and turns it into compost that is certified for use in organic operations by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI). Since 2008, the City has been producing a quality product and defying beliefs that composting north of 60 can’t be done.

Visit whitehorse.ca/compost for information on purchasing bagged or bulk compost.

Note: What you put in your Green Cart helps us produce our OMRI-certified compost! Please keep contaminants out! 

Residential recycling services are not provided by the City of Whitehorse.

Curbside recycling collection is provided by Circular Materials, a producer responsibility organization operating under Yukon’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Regulation. Recycling does not follow the same schedule as garbage and organics collection.

For information or questions on residential recycling in Whitehorse, including curbside recycling collection, visit Circular Materials.

Recycling collection for country residential properties can be organized through a private service provider, or packaging and paper products can be self-hauled to Raven ReCentre for free drop-off.

Raven ReCentre Hours of Operations:
Residential Drop-Off: Monday-Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm
Commercial Drop-Off: Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday, 8:30 am – 11:30 am and 1 pm – 3:30 pm

For more information on residential or commercial recycling visit ravenrecentre.org.

2026 Clean-Up Days are May 21 to 25 and December 26.

During Clean-Up Days, residential tipping fees are waived on sorted items. Customers are limited to one car, truck or single-axle trailer of material per visit. Accepted sorted items include:

•  Residential waste
• Wooden furniture
• Mattresses and box springs
• Residential construction and demolition waste
• Residential yard waste (loose or in compostable bags)
• Other organic waste (must be separated from residential waste)

Tipping fees still apply for metals, appliances, and all commercial loads.

You are required to sort organics, metals, clean wood, appliances, tires, concrete, asbestos, animal carcasses and hazardous waste. Recyclable packaging and paper products, cardboard and electronic waste are not accepted at the Waste Management Facility and should be brought to Raven ReCentre for free drop-off.

Want to learn what goes where? Check out our Waste and Organics Sorting Guides in English, French, German, Northern Tutchone, Southern Tutchone, Tagalog, and Punjabi. Click and print copies for your home and office.

Why sort waste?
Sorting your waste reduces the cost of disposal and helps conserve landfill airspace. Unsorted waste is subject to higher tipping fees. When materials are separated, we create opportunities for recycling and composting. Diverting organics to our compost facility reduces greenhouse gas emissions from the landfill.

You are required to sort certain wastes such as organics, metals, clean wood, appliances, tires, concrete, asbestos, animal carcasses, and hazardous waste. Recyclable packaging and paper products, cardboard and electronic waste are not accepted at the and should be brought to Raven ReCentre for free drop-off.

Some waste requires special handling for safe and effective burial in the landfill, such as animal carcasses and asbestos.

Our What Goes Where app makes sorting your waste a snap. Click on ‘Wizard’ to search for an item and we’ll give you local options for recycling, composting, or disposal. If you can’t find a given item, e-mail [email protected] with your inquiry.