Can clean fill and garbage share one bin in Ottawa?

That is a company rule, not a City one, and Ottawa bin companies do not all answer it the same way. Some keep a separate bin for clean fill, and heavy material such as soil, concrete and brick usually needs a small or dedicated bin, or a partly filled one, billed by weight.

Before you load anything, ask the company three things:

• Can clean fill and renovation garbage go in the same bin, or does fill need its own bin?
• Is the bin billed by weight, and at what rate per tonne?
• What may the quoted bin hold, by weight?

Weight is the part that changes the bill: whether the quote bills disposal per tonne or includes a set number of tonnes, heavy fill counts against it, so ask which model the quote uses.

For context only, the City's Trail Road landfill lists separate 2026 rates of $144 per tonne for fill (asphalt, masonry, concrete without rebar) and $81.90 per tonne for soil. Those are City landfill rates, not bin prices; each bin company sets its own.

Some items stay out of any bin regardless: asbestos never goes in an ordinary bin, and the City landfill does not accept hazardous or liquid waste.

Get the company's answer in writing with the quote, including whether a mixed load is priced differently from clean fill alone.