Chilliwack – The Bailey Landfill will accept scrap metal free of charge for the month of April. Restrictions may apply to pre-1990 hot water tanks and furnaces.
For more information, visit http://chilliwack.com/landfill
The following materials are banned from the Bailey Sanitary Landfill:
- hazardous waste
- soil contaminated with hazardous waste
- special waste as defined by the BC Ministry of Environment
- biomedical waste, sharps or infectious materials
- any explosive substance, object or mechanism
- materials that are on fire or above a temperature of 65.5 degrees Celsius
- flammable, combustible or oxidizing materials
- materials that can be recycled through the Curbside Recycling Program
- beverage containers
- trees, stumps or large logs (exceeding 15 cm in diameter)
- wood treated with creosote, petroleum derivatives, etc.
- concrete containing rebar
- materials originating from industrial and/or agricultural operations
- rubber tires
- small appliances or electronic waste
- light bulbs and light fixtures
- motor vehicle bulks, boat bodies, other large metallic waste including farm implements
- carcasses, offal or viscera or agricultural or commercial sources of animal excrement
- semi-solid and liquid waste (raw sewage, septic tank sludge, grease trappings)
- industrial or commercial spools
- any single item larger than 2 cubic metres
- waste oil, oil filters or oil containers
- wet cell batteries
