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Unacceptable Items

• explosives and any other highly flammable or volatile substances of any nature whatsoever
• liquid or gaseous wastes
• biomedical waste including waste generated by human health and residential materials
• organic material, including wet waste and animal feces which has not been drained of all liquids and wrapped
• carcasses or parts thereof of any animal or other creature, except kitchen and table waste from a household
• any materials which have become frozen to a waste container and cannot be removed therefrom by shaking at the time of collection
• construction materials, including broken plaster, lumber, broken concrete, excavated material or other waste resulting from the construction, alteration, repair, demolition or removal of any building or structure
• discarded trucks, automobiles and other vehicles and the parts thereof, or accessories thereto, including tires
• septic tank pumpings, raw sewage sludge and industrial sludge
• trees and stumps, including tree branches
• asbestos
• sawdust or wood shavings in quantities of more than .1 cubic metre
• petroleum soaked rags
• industrial and hazardous waste as described in the Regulations to the Environmental Protection Act, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 347
• radioactive waste
• PCB waste as defined in the Regulations to the Environmental Protection Act, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 362
• ashes
• household special waste, including but not limited to, caustics, acids, aerosols, used motor oil, household batteries, poisons, pesticides, paint, reactive waste and sharps (needles)
• fluorescent tubes