Public Drop Off Depot

Spring, Summer and Fall Hours

  • Monday, March 31, 2025, to Saturday, November 29, 2025
    • Monday to Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    • Closed on Sundays and most statutory holidays.
    • We are open on Remembrance Day.

Winter Hours

  • Monday, December 1, 2025, to Saturday, March 28, 2026:
    • Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    • Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    • Closed on Sundays and most statutory holidays.

Tipping Fees

Method of Payment: Cash, account, cheque ($25 charge will be applied against non-sufficient funds [NSF] cheques), debit, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or drawdown account (drawdown constitutes payment in advance). Payment is credited to your account and tipping fees are deducted after each use. For more information, call 1-800-563-3377.

Loads delivered in a rental vehicle, rental trailer or a dealer-plated vehicle will be assessed a fee at a rate of $75 per tonne with a minimum fee of $10.50 (Industrial/Commercial/Institutional [ICI] rate).

  • Disposal of all recyclables, electronics, scrap metal and residential household chemical waste items is free.
  • 4 loads $7.00 each annually, if load weights 0 to 100 kilograms. Further loads weighing 0 to 100 kilograms after 4 loads will be assessed a flat fee of $10.00 each. Loads weighing more than 100 kilograms will be assessed as follows: over 100 kilograms, $10.50 per 100 kilograms on total weight.
  • $20.00 charge for items with a compressor
  • Grass: $3.00 per container. $15.00 per truck or trailer.
  • Clay: It is accepted at the Public Drop Off Depot, and the garbage tipping fee will apply to clay.
  • Sod: It is accepted at the yard waste area, and the yard waste commercial tipping fee will apply to all sod brought in to the depot.
  • Tree stumps: You must call the recycling centre at 1-800-563-3377 prior to bringing in any tree stumps. 
  • Residential Customers: Unlimited trips and unlimited weight of tree trimmings, brush and leaves free.
  • Tires (with or without rim) as of July 1, 2019: Free to drop off. Limit of 10 tires per vehicle per day. Excluded: bicycle and airplane tires. Air must be removed from tires with a split rim.
  • Household chemical waste (HCW) must be brought to the Household Chemical Waste Depot. Residents can dispose of Household Chemical Waste for free. Not accepted: radioactive, biomedical, industrial, commercial or unidentified chemical waste.

This facility is managed by the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority (EWSWA). All comments, suggestions and/or complaints regarding the facility and/or fees should be forwarded to:

  • Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority 1-800-563-3377, Fax: 519-776-6370, website: www.ewswa.org. or by mail:
  • 360 Fairview Avenue West, Suite 211, Essex, Ontario N8M 3G4

Public Works, Environmental Division
3540 North Service Road East
Windsor, Ontario
Canada
N8W 5X2

For general information, contact 311. For detailed inquiries, call EWSWA at 1-800-563-3377.

Take a Tour of Your Public Drop Off Depot (Video)