Have you been cleaning out your garage, shed, basement or even under the kitchen sink?
Drop off household hazardous waste items to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot located at 402 Fifth Line East (City Landfill).
Electronics are accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Depot. Please remove all power cords prior to drop off.
This service is free of charge to residents – no gate fee required.
Hours of Operation:
Sharps & Used Medications
Canada’s Health Products Stewardship Association has made it possible for Ontarians to return unused or expired medications and sharps, free of charge, to many pharmacies in our community. For a list of collection locations near you, visit: www.healthsteward.ca/returns/ontario
Acceptable vs. Unacceptable Waste
Unacceptable Hazardous Waste below:
- Large Commercial Business hazardous waste
- Radioactive waste
- PCB waste (light ballast, etc.)
- Bio-medical waste
- Explosives / Ammunition / Fire Arms
- Asbestos products of any kind
- Large spray foam insulation canisters (return to place of purchase)
Note: No containers over 5 gallons will be accepted and any gas cans that contain gas/oil will not be returned.
Acceptable Hazardous Waste below:
- Small Business hazardous waste
- Acetone nail polish remover
- Acid or bases
- Adhesives (all types)
- Aerosol can (full or partially full)
- Alkyd and lead-based paint/stain
- Antifreeze
- Automobile batteries
- Barbeque propane cylinder (small green and large 20 lb)
- Batteries (single use)
- Bleach
- Blueprint Ink
- Brake fluid
- Car care products
- Car wax
- Chemicals
- Chlorine
- Cleaners and detergents
- Cooking oil
- Deodorant (contents)
- Drain cleaner
- Driveway sealer
- Electronics
- CD-ROM Drives
- Cell Phones/Telephones/Answering Machines
- Computer Disk Drives
- Computer Keyboards/Mouse
- Computer Terminals
- Digital Cameras
- Microcomputers/Minicomputers
- Personal Computers (Laptop/Notebook/Notepad)
- Printers/Fax Machines
- Monitors (LCD/Plasma/CRT)
- Radios/Stereo Equipment
- Scanners
- Speakers
- Televisions (LCD/Plasma/CRT/Rear Projection)
- Turntables
- Video Projectors
- Energy efficient light bulb
- Fertilizers
- Fire extinguisher
- Fluorescent light bulb/tubes
- Fluorescent tube light (whole)(8 per day)
- Fuel
- Garden chemicals
- Gas
- Glue
- Grease (automobile)
- Helium tanks
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Kerosene
- Lancet – in hard plastic containers (old coffee cans etc.)
- Lighter
- Lighter fluid
- Locker
- Medication
- Mercury thermometers/thermostats
- Motor oil – 20 Litres (5 gal) or smaller containers
- Nail polish
- Nail polish and remover
- Needles – in hard plastic containers (old coffee cans, etc.)
- Oil filter
- Oven cleaner
- Oxygen tank
- Paint can (full or partially full)
- Paint thinner
- Perfume
- Pesticides
- Photographic chemicals
- Pool chemicals
- Pool heater/pump/metal filters
- Rechargeable batteries -separated from regular household batteries
- Salt (driveway)
- Solvents
- Syringe – in hard plastic containers (old coffee cans, etc.)
- Transmission fluid
- Turpentine
- Varnishes
- Vitamins and supplements