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Learn more about your recycling program.

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What you can recycle

Cardboard boxes

Pizza boxes, direct mail boxes, moving boxes, shoe boxes.

✅ Flatten. No larger than 60 x 60 cm.

Boxboard

Cereal boxes, tissue boxes, egg cartons, rolls from toilet paper and paper towel.

✅ Flatten.

✅ Empty.

Paper laminate packaging

Pet food bags, food service paper bags, and plates.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

Paper laminate containers

Spiral cans, cookie dough package, ice cream containers, and hot and cold beverage cups.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

✅ Remove lids.

Cartons

Beverage cartons, juice and milk cartons, coffee creamers, and sugar cartons, soup and sauce cartons.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

✅ Keep lids on.

❌ Do not include alcoholic beverage containers.

Paper

Any colour, including flour bags, prescription bags, paper produce bags.

Notepads, white or coloured loose paper, file folders, other printed materials.

Community newspapers, flyers, brochures and magazines.

Greeting cards and envelopes, gift boxes.

✅ Empty.

✅ Place shredded paper in a tied clear plastic bag.

Separate from plastic bags used to cover items, remove elastic bands.

✅ Remove rope handle from bags.

❌ Do not include soft or hard covered books/novels.

 

Hard plastic containers

Laundry detergent and household cleaner jugs, shampoo, body wash, salad dressing, condiment, dish soap, mouth wash bottles, plastic beverage bottles.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

✅ Keep lids on.

❌ Do not include alcoholic beverage containers.

Plastic packaging and containers

Food trays, salad, yogurt, peanut butter, bakery and egg containers, plastic cups, plastic tubs and lids, black plastic containers.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

✅ Keep lids on.

❌ Do not include alcoholic beverage containers.

 

Tubes

Toothpaste tubes, deodorant, hand cream tubes.

✅ Empty and free from residue.

✅ Keep lids on.

Small item plastic packaging

Hand sanitizer bottles, medication bottles, blister packs, plant pots.

✅ Empty and free from food and residue.

✅ Keep lids on.

Flexible plastic packaging

Bags used for dry cleaning, bread, newspapers and flyers. Overwrap (paper towel & toilet paper, beverage containers). Coffee bags or deli pouches, chip bags, bubble wrap, snack wrappers, cereal liner bags, plastic gift bags.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

Foam packaging

Meat trays, takeout containers, cups, plates, bowls, foam packaging for products.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

✅ Remove film wrap and absorbent pads from meat trays.

 

Metal containers

Food cans, metal lids, cookie, coffee and tea tins, beverage cans.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

❌ Do not include alcoholic beverage containers.

Aluminum (foils and trays)

Aluminum foil, pie plates, frozen food trays.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

✅ Ball up aluminum foil.

Aerosol containers

Food spray, hairspray, air fresheners, shaving cream, deodorant.

✅ Empty.

✅ Lids on.

Aerosols with toxic, corrosive or flammable symbol are not accepted with the exception of:

    • Cooking oil sprays and products designed for food
    • Hairsprays, cosmetics and products designed to be used on hair/skin

 

Glass containers

Clear and coloured glass.
Food containers, jars and bottles, cosmetic containers, spice bottles, oil and vinegar bottles, non-alcoholic glass beverage containers.

✅ Empty and free from food residue.

✅ Lids off.

❌ Do not include alcoholic beverage containers.

What’s not accepted

Books

Toys

Diapers

Pot and Pans

Hazardous Materials

Batteries

Find out more about Ontario's recycling program