Recycling: Blue Box, Hazardous Waste
The City has added several common plastics to its “allowed” list for blue-box collection. The new items are as follows:
Plastics Recyclable
- All food and household plastics containers # 1 to7
- (take-out containers, bakery and produce containers (clam shells)
- Pails (remove metal handle)
- Planting trays
- Flower pots
- Single serve yogurt containers
- Clear plastic egg cartons
Plastics NOT Recyclable
- Styrofoam containers
- Styrofoam packaging
- All plastic bags
- Hard plastics such as dishes, cups, toys, make-up jars, laundry baskets
- Motor oil containers
Electronics Recycling Events
Electronic wastes can be dropped off at participating retailers listed at recycleyourelectronics.ca , OR you can bring them to the special Electronics Recycling Depots. The following items will be accepted:
- Televisions
- Desktop computers and terminals
- Monitors
- Laptop computers
- Desktop printers
- Fax machines
- Disk drives
- CD-ROM drives
- Keyboards and mice
- Amplifiers, stereos, speakers, receivers
- Cameras, digital cameras
- Copiers, fax machines, scanners
- Pagers, PDAs
- Radios
- Telephones, cellphones, answering machines
- VCR and DVD players
Upcoming dates for Electronic Recycling Depots:
Saturday, May 12 — Sunday, May 13, 2012 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Twenty Twelve Electronics Recycling Inc. Canada Museum of Science and Technology parking lot 1867 St Laurent Blvd
Saturday, May 12, 2012 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. RDLong Computers Limited Behind Village Church 206 Montreal Road
Saturday, June 16, 2012 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. RDLong Computers Limited Place D’Orleans (near OC Transpo) 110 Place D’Orleans Drive
Household Hazardous Waste Depots
The following household items will be accepted:
- Aerosol containers
- Propane cylinders
- Disinfectants
- Florescent bulbs/tubes
- Fire extinguishers
- Fertilizers and pesticides
- Mercury switches/thermometers
- Needles and syringes
- Pharmaceuticals
- Paints and coatings
- Oven and window cleaners
- Pool chemicals
Upcoming Depot Dates -
- Saturday, May 12, 2012 | 9am-4pm at Rideau Carleton Raceway, 4837 Albion Road
- Sunday, May 27, 2012 | 9am-4pm Waste Management | 254 Westbrook Road (off Carp Road, south of Highway 417)
For more information about Hazardous Waste and its collection, visit the City of Ottawa website at:
https://ottawa.ca/en/garbage-and-recycling/hazardous-waste-and-special-i...