Last updated on June 9, 2025.
Mobile Household Special Waste (HSW) Depots
Mobile community events take place between May and October. Bring your unwanted Household Special Waste to the mobile depot to be handled and disposed of by experts. The depot will operate rain or shine. Events are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Click here for a list of accepted items. Click here for the full schedule.
Shred Instead Event
Have sensitive documents you’d like to shred? Bring them to our Shred Instead Event to have them disposed of safely and for free. Shredding documents is a great way to protect against identity theft. Limit of the equivalent of 3 boxes per household. Residential only, no business waste accepted.
Shred Instead Event - Fall
Community Clean-Up Drop In Events
Join Halifax Solid Waste for a community clean-up. Drop by an event to talk about litter and waste management. Free supplies to pick-up litter outside will be provided. Events will happen rain or shine.
Curbside Give Away Weekend
Free yourself of clutter and find some great free items of your own during Curbside Give Away Weekend. This event takes place rain or shine, twice a year all across the municipality. Click here for more information.
The next event is October 18 and 19. More information will be published in the fall.
Fall Curbside Give Away Weekend
October 18, 2025 - 8:00 am
Event Information & Online Webinars
Halifax Solid Waste staff regularly attend and host events throughout the municipality. If you have an event that you would like our staff to attend please contact us at wasteless@halifax.ca.
Solid Waste Resources offers a full menu of pre-recorded webinars, online presentations and workshops, and in person presentations, workshops, and information booths.
To see a full list of education sessions available or to watch a webinar click the button below.