Contact your local municipality for blue box containers or your recycling pickup schedule.

• Aerosol cans (empty, lids separate)

• Aluminum foil, trays and plates

• Boxboard (cereal, cracker, tissue boxes)

• Cardboard boxes

• Clear plastic molded packaging, e.g. used for toys, small electronics, kitchen gadgets (separate paper / cardboard)

• Egg cartons

• Glass bottles and jars (lids separate)

• Metal food and beverage cans

• Metal paint cans (empty, dry, lids separate)

• Milk and juice cartons, juice boxes (no straws)

• Newspaper, household paper and envelopes

• 100% paper cups (with no plastic or wax coating)

• Paper-based cans (e.g. frozen juice, cookie dough containers, coffee cans, chip cylinders – lids separate)

• Plastic bottles, drink containers (no straws), jars and jugs (used for food or beverage)

• Plastic food tubs (e.g. yogurt, margarine, sour cream, cottage cheese, or ice cream containers)

• Plastic pails or bottles  less than five litres in size (e.g. laundry soap bottles, dish soap containers)

• Plastic, rigid, clear fruit and vegetable containers / clamshells

• Plastic, rigid, clear take-out containers / clamshells (no Styrofoam)

• Plastic, rigid, clear bakery containers / clamshells

NOTE: All containers must be empty and clean, free of food or any other residue. Cardboard and boxboard must be flattened and bundled.

• Plastic bags of any kind (refer to Bindicator for plastic take-back options)

• Black plastic (including black plastic take-out containers)

• Batteries (do not put in garbage,  refer to refer to Bindicator for safe drop-off locations)

• Coat hangers, mirrors, window glass and light bulbs

• Coffee pods

• Cookie bags and potato chip bags

• Drinking glasses, cups, dishes, pots, pans and utensils

• Drink pouches, food wrappers

• Facial tissue, paper towels (these can go in green bin)

• Flat take-out cup lids

• Food soiled paper (e.g. dirty paper plates, pizza boxes)

• Large Styrofoam used as protective packaging (e.g. used with electronics). These can be collected at a Community Environmental Centre

• Condensed Styrofoam used for take-out containers, meat trays, cups and plates (place in garbage)

• Household hazardous waste like paint, motor oil, needles, cleaners, compact fluorescent light bulbs (take to a Household Hazardous Waste Depot)

• Lawn furniture, garden hose, string and rope

• Motor oil containers

• Newspapers left in plastic sleeves (remove and discard plastic sleeves bags before recycling your newspaper)

• Paper Cups (coffee and soft drink cups)

• Plastic bags from bread, produce and frozen vegetables

• Pill bottles (less than two inches or five cm in diameter)

• Plastic re-sealable zipped food bags

• Plastic food wrap, wax paper, parchment paper

• Plastic pill or gum packets

• Plastic pails, bottles and jugs larger than five litres in size

• Plastic straws and cutlery

• Plastic toys (take reusable items to a reuse donation centre)

• Propane tanks or cylinders (take to a Household Hazardous Waste Depot)

• Shoes, clothing, linens and towels (take reusable items to a reuse donation centre)

• Shredded paper (take it to a Community Environmental Centre or place in the green bin)

• Take-out cups (coffee and pop cups)