Bailey Sanitary Landfill

The Bailey Landfill is a low-cost option to dispose of waste. Many items are able to be disposed of for the minimum rate of $7.50! To estimate how much your landfill trip will cost, use the Landfill Cost Estimator.

Disposal fees are provided in the table below. The disposal for all waste is based on weight, including mattresses and box springs. There is a fee structure for customers transporting large quantities of waste (> 400 tonnes per month). The complete modified fee structure can be referred to in the "Landfill Disposal Fees", which also includes a complete list of disposal fees and banned material surcharges. This complete list forms Schedule "E" of the Solid Waste Management Bylaw.

* rounded up to the nearest $0.25 where applicable

Check out the Landfill Cost Estimator page to estimate how much your trip to the landfill will cost!

Many building materials used before 1990 contain asbestos and require special handling (refer to Asbestos Waste page). These materials cannot be disposed of as regular waste at the Bailey Landfill. 

Drywall Disposal

There are specific restrictions and documentation requirements that must be met to drop off drywall waste at the Bailey Landfill. Please visit the Drywall and Building Materials page for details.

Asbestos Waste Disposal

The Bailey Landfill accepts asbestos waste from the following cities/areas within the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD):

• City of Chilliwack
• Electoral Area D (Popkum/Bridal Falls)
• Electoral Area E (Chilliwack River Valley)
• Electoral Area H (Cultus Lake/Columbia Valley)
• Harrison Hot Springs
• Kent/Agassiz

There are specific documentation requirements, quantity limits and material preparation requirements that must be met to drop off asbestos waste at the Bailey Landfill. Please visit the Asbestos Waste page for more details.

The Bailey Landfill does not accept clean wood and yard waste pieces such as stumps, logs, log cut offs, firewood, and large diameter tree trimmings that are greater than 360 mm in diameter. 

Materials greater than 360 mm in diameter that have not been painted, stained, or treated, can be taken to the Parr Road Green Depot for disposal at a cost of $120/tonne.
Other oversized disposal options can be found here.

The following items can be taken to the Bailey Sanitary Landfill for recycling or composting:   

• gypsum wallboard (conditions must be met)
• household batteries (no car batteries)
• major household appliances (check www.marrbc.ca for accepted items)
• scrap metal and tin
• food waste and food-soiled paper for composting
• wood and yard waste for composting (maximum 360 mm diameter limb size)
• used liquid cooking oil
• propane tanks (residential quantities)
• The Municipal Recycling Depot at the Bailey Sanitary Landfill also accepts all items recyclable through the Curbside Recycling Program.

Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2019, No. 4660 bans the tipping of various recyclable and compostable materials at Bailey Landfill.  The intent of this bylaw is to reduce the amount of waste landfilled each year.  Hazardous wastes are also banned from the Bailey Sanitary Landfill. 

The following materials are banned from being disposed of as garbage at 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
• compostable waste (food waste, food-soiled paper and yard waste)
• trees, stumps or large logs (exceeding 360 mm 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
• corded and battery powered electrical outdoor power equipment (gas powered outdoor power equipment is accepted as scrap metal, provided all oil and gas are removed)
• motor vehicle bodies and other large metallic items 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