Many people don't do the right thing when disposing household hazardous waste! The garage can is…read moreso convenient and easy. These items include propane tanks & camping fuel cylinders, batteries, non-empty paint cans and household cleaners, and compact fluorescent light bulbs to name a few. Anything that is flammable, corrosive, explosive and poisonous to humans do not go in the Blue Recycling Bin or Garbage Bin. Please take these items to a Drop-off Depot for proper disposal....and it's FREE! There is a separate disposal area for regular household waste with a fee structure associated with the weight of the goods being disposed of. Proceed to the scale weighing area.

While most Markham residents know how to use their blue and green bins, and where to take their…read moreelectronic and household hazardous waste for recycling and proper disposal, many may not know where to dispose large amount of household waste, such as construction materials, tires, furniture, broken appliances, etc.. Through a personal need to dispose large amount of such, I found out the answer is a Transfer Station operated by Miller Waste Management. Located on Rodick Road near the city's electronic and hazardous collection center, the transfer station is a fully functioning waste management facility that opens to public on weekends and some holidays. Public can drive their garbage in residential cars or trucks to the station to dispose the waste for $8/dump, subject to weight and quantity limit. I believe the current limit is 6 bags or 50kg, whichever is larger. If your junk are tires, large appliances, furniture, even large amount of construction materials, the cost is by tonne or by unit. How it works is you drive up to a booth and answer the operator's questions. When your car is next to operator booth, your car is actually sitting on a scale. The operator records the weight of your car. S/he directs you to a drive up to a monstrous sized warehouse that collects garbage and so on. You wait for your turn to drive in and haul the junk out of your car yourself and pile it onto other junk. This is a 100% self serve place, so bring some muscles if your dump is heavy. When done, you drive out following a preset route painted on the ground to the other side of the operator booth onto the scale. Another operator will talk to you. S/he weights your car and tell you the charge. You can pay by cash or credit card (as far as I remember). What I find interesting is that, despite the fee schedule states a bag limit, the people there really care only the weight. So unless your junk is super heavy, the fee is $8 per disposal. For large home appliance, this place charges $26/unit, whereas the City of Markham will collect from your curb at $11/unit. Of course, this wonderful deal has a catch: you need an appointment, and the City only collect once a month from your street. Another note is some of the stuffs that you can dispose here for a fee, the Elgin Mills Community Recycling Center (Elgin Mills and Leslie) will allow you to dispose for free. These stuffs are recyclable. The rest Elgin Mills center will collect for $10, whereas Miller charges $8. Therefore, depending on how willing you are to drive to Elgin Mills Road, and how much and how urgent you must dispose, you can significantly lower the cost. But Miller transfer station is an option when you have too much garbage that you want to be rid of quickly. Plus the City simply doesn't collect large amount of construction materials on regular pick up days.

I use the depot a few times a month and always find the staff friendly, helpful, and engaging…read more They know their business and can answer any questions I have. Their attitude, knowledge, and training are excellent. Barry Moores

This is one of the 4 City of Markham Recycling Depot…read more Located just at the parking lot of Markham Community Centre and has the best opening hours out of other locations: Opening 6 days a week!! I also like how their hours with alternatively Early Morning (8:00 am) opening and Late Evening (8:00 pm) closing. Here you can drop off Styrofoam, Tires, Fluorescent Lights/Tubes and other recyclable items that cannot be recycled curbside using the Blue Box. You can also pick up extra Green/Blue Box here or exchange damaged Green/Blue Box here without charges as long as the box has Markham logo on it. Staff here always really helpful in sorting out the stuff I dropping off and of course I was just so happy to get a brand new green and blue bin!

Hired John Knox Pumping to get our house's septic tank pumped…read more The service man did not record the amount he pumped out on the side of the truck, who knows if he pumped the 1 gallon or 1000 gallons, there is NO PROOF. Called customer service and they were UNHELPFUL and not understanding of the situation. Without proof how can you ask for over $1000 in service fees? Moreover, all customer service rep could say was, "it was probably full". 'Probably' does not cut it. Trust is an important part of a business' relationship with its customers, but you cannot ask for blind trust or for us to believe in "probably full" from a customer service rep that was not present for the service and a service man that does not properly record the job being done. We just want the facts BEFORE we pay for the service. We are NOT trying to avoid paying the full price, once we get REAL PROOF and not conjecture, we will HAPPILY pay what ever is owed.

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I generally don't write reviews, however, my experience with 911 Water Damage Experts was amazing…read moreand I thought I would share. Just to provide some background to our specific circumstance, my mom and I are two ladies who initially were intimidated to navigate the world of 'house repairs' on our own. Similarly to going to the mechanic from the lens of a woman, there was a sense of worry about potential mark ups and a fear of lack of transparency. This was certainly not the case with Mike and his team! Mike walked us through the stages and scope of repair, he provided detailed invoices and responded to all our concerns. We had a leak in the upstairs ensuite which impacted our kitchen and basement. Mike and his team removed existing mold, fixed our plumbing issues and subflooring which was also damaged. They also renovated our entire kitchen and helped to install new appliances. It was like a one stop shop! We are certainly pleased with the final product! Thank you for the excellent customer service, it was a great pleasure doing business with the 911 Water Damage Experts! -Team Girl Power!

I called 911 Restoration and asked them to come do an assessment of my home and give me a quote for…read moretheir services, as we found mold and lots of moisture in our basement. The guy said he wouldn't be in the office until Tuesday, but due to the nature of the issue (I had to move all 3 of my kids out of the house and into a motel), he would send someone else to check it out, check the moisture and such and take pictures. He told me he would have the quote ready after the guy came Sunday. The guy came and he was very nice. As he left, he told us we would get our quote either that day or Monday. Monday, I called them and was told that it would be done Monday afternoon (and we ensured he was given the proper email address). Tuesday, I was told that the quote was complete and he was just waiting on his girl to type it up. Wednesday I called several times with no answer, the last attempt it rung twice and then I was clearly ignored. Thursday, I called again and still no answer. I asked my boyfriend to call, and sure enough, they answered. We were told he was not in the office and we would get a call back when he was in the office. We have yet to hear from him at 10:30pm Thursday. If this guy didn't want to help us, he could have just told us instead of wasting our time when we are in an emergency situation where we are paying for a motel. Had he of been up front, we could have gone to another company that would actually want to help us. I have no idea why this guy has decided that he doesn't want our business, but I will never recommend him or use his services in the future. I found this highly disrespectful and unprofessional. This already hard situation has been made worse by waiting around for someone who says they are helping, but actually aren't.