Purchase

• Backyard Composter ($15)
• Green Bin ($18)
• Kitchen Container ($5)
• Indoor Water Efficiency Kit ($10)
• Rain Barrel ($85)

Pick up for FREE

• Green Bin and Kitchen Container (with proof of new residency in the last 90 days or in exchange for a damaged bin)
• Leaf compost (limit of one cubic metre per household)

Drop off for recycling or proper disposal

• Computer Equipment & Peripherals
  (e.g., desktops, laptops, hand-held portables, monitors, printing devices, etc.)
• Audio/Visual Equipment & Peripherals
  (e.g., telephones, cell phones, pda’s and pagers, cameras, small TVs, radios,  receivers, speakers, tuners, equalizers, turntables, projectors, recorders, DVD players and VCRs, etc.)
• Household Hazardous Waste
  (e.g., cleaning supplies and solvents, motor oil, paint, batteries, old/unused medication, mercury thermometers/thermostats, pesticides, fluorescent and compact fluorescent bulbs, propane tanks, etc.)
• Gas-powered lawn and garden equipment (mowers, leaf blowers, trimmers and chainsaws)

Items donated to local schools for reuse

• Art supplies (e.g. pencils, markers, crayons, etc.)
• Buttons, keys, and collectors’ coins and stamps
• Clipboards, corks and cork boards
• CDs and cases
• Children’s books
• Costume jewelry including broken/old watches and clocks with hands
• Dress-up clothing (e.g. costumes, prom dresses, uniforms, etc.)
• Fabric pieces, yarn

Items donated for reuse (please keep separate from others)

• Sporting goods (e.g. skates, and jerseys)
• Books
• Medical equipment in good condition (e.g. eyeglasses, walking aids, hearing aids, etc.)
• Small household items (e.g. dishes, ornaments, etc.)
• Textiles in good condition (e.g. clothing, linens, etc.)
• Non-perishable foods will be donated to a food bank

Please do not bring: construction waste, garbage, gasoline, wood, cassette and video tapes, commercial/ industrial hazardous waste and scrap metal.

* Note: You can recycle plastic shopping bags, foam polystyrene, empty paint and empty aerosol cans in your blue bin.

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