Acceptable

&
Non Acceptable
Items
Leaf and Yard
All Leaf and Yard waste MUST be removed from containers or Plastic Bags before tossing into the Bunkers

ACCEPTABLE

NOT ACCEPTABLE

Branches no larger then 2.5 inches in diameter

Brush less than 4 feet long
Christmas Trees (all tinsel and ornaments Must be
Removed)
Fruits and Vegetables from Gardens
Garden, Hedge & Tree Trimmings
Grass Clippings
Halloween Pumpkins
Hay
House & Garden Plants
Law edging (soil removed)
Leaves
Poison Ivy
Woodchips

Soil
Sod
Wood (lumber)
Stumps
Rocks
Earth
Planting Containers
Garbage of any kind
Blue Box materials

Electronics
ACCEPTBALE
Digital cameras
DVD players
Electronic games
Fax machines
Radios / Stereos
Printers (toner Must be drained or Removed)
Scanners
Telephone pagers
VCRs
Telephone (land line or cellular)

NOT ACCEPTBALE
Appliances
Audio speakers
TVs
Wood

All Computer Monitors go into Monitor Bins

Appliances
ACCEPTABLE
Air conditioners (window mounted or central air)
Clothes washers & dryers
Dehumidifiers
Dishwashers
Freezers & refrigerators (food must be removed)
Hot water tanks (drained)

NOT ACCEPTABLE
Bulk goods
Garbage
Green Cart Compostables
Household Hazardous Waste
Leaf & Yard
Recyclables

Metal weighing 23kg or more

Microwave ovens
Pool heaters
Other CFC containing appliances
Stoves & Ovens
Water coolers
Water pressure tanks

Metal
ACCEPTABLE
Aluminum siding, eaves troughs & wire fencing (must
be bundled and tied)
Appliances without CFCs
Artificial Christmas Trees (only ones with metal base
and pole)
Baking sheets, pots and pans
Barbeques
Basketball poles and hoops
Bed Frames
Bicycles
Car Parts
Curtain Rods
Engine Parts (all fluids MUST be drained)
Fencing / Posts
Filing Cabinets
Fireplace inserts
Heating Oil Tanks (empty, cut in half)
Ladders
Lawn mowers (engine MUST be detached and drained)
Light fixtures ( no ballasts)
Lockers
Metal Coat Hangers
Metal desks & sinks
Metal Pales, Drums and Tubs
Metal Pales, Drums and Tubs
Metal Shower Insert
Metal Swing set
Nuts, Bolts, Nails, and Screws
Pipes & pipe fittings
Porch railings
Range Hoods
Roto Tillers (residential)
Scrap Metal
Snow Blowers
Wheel Barrels
Wheel Chairs

NOT ACCEPTABLE
Car batteries
Lawnmowers (with gas)
Metal Drums or Barrels
Metal over 4 feet
Propane tanks / cylinders
Gas / scuba tanks
Lawn chairs with strapping
Chairs with padding
Oil filters
Motors
Ballasts
Helium tanks

Shingles
ACCEPTBALE

NOT ACCEPTBALE

Shingles
Tar paper
Tar paper with stone attached
Smalls amounts of metal flashing attached to shingles

Any wood attached to shingles or paper

Wood
ACCEPTBALE

NOT ACCEPTBALE

2x4s or 2x2s of clean wood

Wooden logs less then 12 inches in diameter and must
be 4 feet or less in length

Railway ties
Pressure treated wood
Painted wood
Laminated wood
Wood with metal e.g. nails
Paneling
Wooden counters
Arborite
Glass
Drywall
Cardboard
Wooden doors
Furniture
Pressboard

Cardboard
All boxes have to be flattened

ACCEPTBALE
Blueprint paper or blueprints
Boxboard cardboard e.g. shoe & cereal boxes
Bread bag (paper)
Bristol board (clean)
Cardboard container
Cigarette packages (outer cardboard)
Coffee takeout trays
Construction paper (clean)
Corrugated cardboard (max dimension: 76x76x20cm)
Egg carton (paper)
Empty boxes (must be flattened)
Envelope (with or without plastic window)
File folders
Flyers
Frozen food box
Gift wrapping paper (non-metallic) and gift tags
Greeting card
Hardcover book (cover removed)
Junk mail
Magazines and Newspaper

NOT ACCEPTBALE
Bread bag (paper)
Coffee cups
Hard covered books cover (covers must be removed and
put in garbage)
Waxed paper

Paper egg carton

printer roll
Paperback book
Phone book
Pizza box (empty- no food residue or plastics)
Postcard
Posters
Posters
Potato chip container (cardboard can)
Printed paper
Tissue wrapping paper
Toilet paper tube
White (granulated) paper sugar bags
Writing paper

Tires
ACCEPTABLE

NOT ACCEPTBALE

Four per day

Rims
Large tires from tractors

Co-Mingled
Flatten and squash items when possible. All plastics containers with #1, 2, 5 & 6 are recyclable

ACCEPTABLE
Aerosol Can (empty)
Aluminum Foil (clean)
Aluminum Trays and plates
Apple sauce cups
Aseptic Container (e.g. Juice and Milk Cartons)
Bread Bag (plastic)
CD and DVD cases
Coffee Cans
Coffee Cup Lids and Polystyrene Cups
Cookie Tin
Dry Cleaning Bag
Egg Carton (plastic or foam)
Empty plastic bags (soil, mulch, compost, peat moss,
sand, triple mix, fertilizer or manure)
Food Cans
Frozen Dinner Plastic Trays
Frozen Juice Containers
Glass Bottles and Jars
Grocery Bags
House Hold Cleaner Container (empty)
Iced Cap Cups
Juice Boxes
Milk Bags (inside and outside)
Paint Can (empty)
Pill Bottles (empty)
Plastic Bottles and disposable Cups

NOT ACCEPTABLE
Waxed paper
Coffee cups (paper)
Blister wrap
Bubble packaging
Flammable liquid bottles
Fluorescent tubes & compact florescent light bulbs
Foil / plastic multi-layered bags
Glass drinking cups
Herbicide bottles
Light Bulbs
Motor oil containers
Mirror glass
Pesticide bottles
Plastic drinking cups (non disposable)
Plastic toys
Stiff/crinkly bags ( potato chip bags, non-plastic
department store bags)
Straws
Transmission fluid containers
Windows / window glass
Plastic chairs / tables
Toys
Plastic blinds
Laundry baskets
Plastic pails (greater than 5L)
Plastic flower pots (larger than 12)

Plastic Coat Hangers

Plastic Cookie and Cracker Bag Trays
Plastic Flower Pots (#5, no larger than 12)
Plastic Food Containers
Plastic Jars
Plastic Jugs (e.g. detergents and fabric softeners)
Plastic Pails (5L or less)
Plastic Produce Containers (clamshell containers)
Polystyrene Containers and plates
Polystyrene packing foam
Polystyrene popcorn or peanuts (in a bag)
Produce bags
Sour Cream and Yogurt tubs
Steel cans
Windshield washer fluid container (empty)
Yogurt and pudding cups

Garbage cans

Bikes
Make the public aware of the bicycling recycling program. The City restores the bikes and
donates them to Big Brother Big Sisters for children who cannot afford one.

Garbage
ACCEPTBALE

NOT ACCEPTABLE

Garbage means: Waste other than bio-medical waste,

Bulk waste, Hazardous waste, HHW, leaf and yard
waste, liquid waste, organic waste(where organic waste
is not collected by a collection crew) pathological waste,
recyclable material & white goods.

Propane tanks & gas cylinders

Pesticides
Paint
All pieces of metal weighing more than 2.3 kilograms or
greater then 1.2 meters in length
Bio-medical waste
Carcasses of animals or part thereof which are not
Organic Waste
Earth, brick & stone
Hay & straw
Hazardous waste & Household Hazardous waste
Human & animal excrement except for Household Pet
waste and diapers
Industrial, commercial & trade waste from ineligible
properties
Leaf & Yard waste
Liquid waste
Pathological waste, Recyclable materials, white goods
Sawdust, shaving, excelsior & vermiculite
Steel barrels
Car parts
Wire, wire mesh & fencing
Needles & Syringes
Batteries
Bags of cement
Motor oil & oil filters
Windshield washer fluid

Gas container (red plastic type)

Florescent tubes
Driveway sealer
Bulk waste
Organic Waste, where Organic Waste is collected by a
Collection Crew
Wood in excess of 1.2 metres in length, wooden boxes
and barrels

Re-use store
ACCEPTBALE

NOT ACCEPTBALE

Electronics:

House wares:

Cameras
Computers
Radios
Stereos
TVs
VCRs & movies
DVDs & movies

Antiques
Collectables
Dishes
Glassware
Kitchen utensils
Knickknacks
Lamps
Pots & pans
Small Appliances

Entertainment:
Audio tapes
Books
Cassettes
CDs
Records

Infant Cribs
Childrens car seats
Hockey Helmets

Large Appliances:

Home Furnishings:

Dryers
Fridges
Stoves
Washers

Bed Frames

Sports & Toys:

Bookshelves
Chairs
Desks
Dressers
Filing Cabinets
Lighting Fixtures
Mirrors
Paintings / Pictures
Tables
Couches

Bicycles
Games
Sports Equipment
Stuffed Animals
Toys

Textiles:
Belts
Boots / Shoes
Clothing
Drapery
Hats
Jewelry
Linens
Purses

HHW Depots
ACCEPTBALE
Acids and Bases
Abrasive powder
Ammonia based cleaners
Cooking oil

NOT ACCEPTABLE
Bio-hazardous waste
Expired foods
Dehumidifiers / humidifiers

Drain openers
Floor polish / cleaners
Furniture polish / cleaners
Metal polish / cleaners
Oven cleaners
Window & glass cleaners
Fire extinguishers
Automotive Grease
After shave
Hair dyes, removers & spray
Hydrogen peroxide
Medicine should have labels removed from bottles
Mercury thermometers
Nail polish & removers
Syringes must be sealed with a lid (plastic container
only)
Perfume
Shampoo & Conditioners
Toilet cleaner
Tub & tile cleaner
Adhesives
Air Fresheners
Batteries - Alkaline, rechargeable, and lead sealed
Butane lighters & aerosol cans
Chlorine bleach powder or liquid
Detergent - powder or liquid
Lighter fluid
Shoe care products
Stain remover
Aerosol Cans (not empty)
Fluorescent tubes transport in cardboard box (sizes:
48) Limit of 8 per household per visit
Glue & cement
Mothballs
Paint latex, oil & enamel
Spray paint & paint stripper
Rust remover
Stains & varnishes
Thinners & turpentine
Wood preservatives
Flammable liquids / solids
Household cleaners
Fertilizer
Flea powder, collars & spray
Herbicides
Insecticides
Pesticides
Pool chemicals
Propane tanks barbeque size only
Rat & mouse poison
Slug bait
Weed & bug killer
Fungicides

Incandescent light bulbs / TV tubes

Radioactive waste
Reactive chemicals
Asbestos

Smoke alarm
Carbon dioxide / monoxide detectors
Broken glass / razors
No open containers with waste in them. All must have a
lid

Empty paint cans & containers

Fire Works & Flares
Dead animals
Explosives
Ammunition ( to police department)
Cement powder

Hydroponics chemicals

Compressed Gas Cylinders

Body filter
Brake fluid
Car batteries also truck and tractor
Car wax & cleaners
Driveway sealer
Epoxy / hardeners
Gasoline will not get container back
Light fixture ballasts must have ballast removed from
the light fixture
Marine paint
Motor oil & antifreeze
Oil filters
Roof patch & tare
Small compressed gas cylinder camping stove / fuel
Thermostats limit 1 per household per visit
Windshield washer fluid
Mercury switches
Printer Toner and Ink
Energy Efficient Light Bulbs
Any other household items that have the following symbols on them are considered to be household hazardous
waste: