{"id":664988,"date":"2026-05-12T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664988\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:47:08","slug":"surreys-free-waste-drop-off-program-back-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664988\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey\u2019s Free Waste Drop-Off program back on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Surrey\u2019s Free Waste Drop-Off program back on<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 9:45 am Tuesday, May 12, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Free is your friend.<\/p>\n<p>Especially if you need to rid your pad of junk.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Surrey once again, until Sept. 30, is offering Surrey residents its Free Waste Drop-Off program, in which households can drop off up to 100 kilograms of junk at the Central Surrey and North Surrey recycling and waste centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Free Waste Drop-Off program is an important tool in our ongoing efforts to reduce illegal dumping in Surrey,\u201d Mayor Brenda Locke stated in a press release. \u201cBy giving residents, a simple, no-cost way to dispose of unwanted items properly, we\u2019re making it easier to do the right thing and helping keep our neighbourhoods clean and safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one free visit per household, with proof of Surrey residency, and includes large items \u2013 up to four mattresses, for example. If you bring more than 100 kilograms, you\u2019ll have to pay regular fees for everything over that mark.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Surrey Recycling and Waste Centre is located at 6711- 154 St. and the North Surrey Recycling and Waste Centre is at 9770 -192 St.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial and business vehicles aren\u2019t allowed. During these five months electronics, metal, appliances, books, and clothing are among items that can be dropped off.<\/p>\n<p>Meantime, city hall also runs a free curbside pick-up service for stuff like furniture and mattresses, through the Large Item Pickup Program. This can been booked online at surrey.ca\/largeitems or by calling 604-590-7289 (Option 3).<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surrey.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/corporate-reports\/CR_2026-R091.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">corporate report <\/a> to council indicates more than 23,000 residents participated in the 2025 free waste drop-off, ridding themselves of roughly 36,000 tonnes of refuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis represented a significant increase in both participation and tonnage compared to previous events,\u201d Scott Neuman, Surrey\u2019s general manager of engineering, told council. \u201cResident feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and the increased collection of materials such as mattresses contributed to waste diversion and reduction in illegal dumping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Harry Bains said he still sees lots of garbage at the sides of roads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message is this \u2013 you have no excuse you can dump up to 100 kilograms for free,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can drop off up to four mattresses for free. There is literally no excuse to dump it up the street on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe responsible neighbours we all deserve it we all owe it to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Mandeep Nagra asked why businesses are excluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping we can eliminate this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey\u2019s Free Waste Drop-Off program back on Published 9:45 am Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Free is your friend.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-664988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}