Bailey Sanitary Landfill

COVID-19

The Bailey Landfill is still open under standard operating hours. Site staff are performing additional cleaning measures and exercising control methods to minimize the spread of COVID-19, resulting in lengthier wait times for customers entering and exiting the site. Priority may be given to commercial waste haulers accessing the landfill, which could lengthen the wait times for residential customers. Masks are encouraged for customers using the landfill. These measures have been put in place to protect the health of customers and staff and will remain in effect until further notice.

Check the Bailey Landfill traffic cameras to plan out your trip!

The Bailey Sanitary Landfill accepts materials generated from the following six cities and electoral areas: City of Chilliwack, District of Kent, Village of Harrison Hot Springs, and Electoral Areas "D", "E", and "H" of the Fraser Valley Regional District, (Popkum, Bridal Falls, Chilliwack River Valley, Columbia Valley and Cultus Lake). Materials generated from other Fraser Valley Regional District cities and electoral areas (City of Abbotsford, District of Hope, Electoral Area "B", etc.) are also permitted, with the exception of asbestos waste, which is restricted to the six cities and electoral areas listed above (more details can be found in the “Asbestos Waste” section).

Quick Navigation:

• Hours & Location
• Disposal Fees
• Disposing of Drywall and Other Building Materials?
• Disposing of Asbestos Waste?
• Disposing of Large Diameter Clean Wood and Yard Waste Pieces Greater than 360 mm in Diameter?
• Recycling at Bailey Sanitary Landfill
• Materials Banned from the Bailey Sanitary Landfill
• Waste Wizard
• Bailey Landfill Cost Estimator
• Bailey Landfill Traffic Cameras
• Attachments

For further information call the City of Chilliwack's Engineering Department at
604-793-2907. No phone number is available to contact the Bailey Landfill directly. Customers must be able to offload their own materials. Effective May 9, 2021 the Bailey Landfill is open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Sundays. Traffic queue lengths can be viewed by clicking on the "Bailey Landfill Traffic Cameras" link above.

Disposal Fees

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 $5! To estimate how much your landfill trip will cost, use the Landfill Cost Estimator.

Disposal fees are provided in the table below. There is a fee structure for customers transporting large quantities of waste (> 300 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!

Disposing of Drywall and Other Building Materials?

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 of drywall waste at the Bailey Landfill, please visit the Drywall and Building Materials page for details.

Disposing of Asbestos Waste?

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.

Disposing of Large Diameter Clean Wood and Yard Waste Pieces Greater than 360 mm in Diameter?

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. Alternatively, you may click here for other oversized disposal options, or visit the link "Disposal Options - Large Diameter Clean Wood and Yard Waste" at the bottom of the page.

Recycling at the Bailey Sanitary Landfill

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

• 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
• 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.
  
  

Materials Banned from the Bailey Sanitary Landfill:

Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2019, No. 4660 bans the tipping of various recyclable 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 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 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
• 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

Looking for other recycling and disposal options? Search the "what goes where" tab in the waste wizard below.