RECYCLING PROGRAM
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RECYCLING LOCATIONS
Landfill HWY 17 East Trading Post at the St. Joe Island turn off DO NOT DISPOSE OF HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE IN THE RECYCLING BINS PLEASE. Individuals can be fined $500 and up for depositing garbage anywhere in the Township other than the landfill. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE Household Hazardous Waste can be taken to the City Landfill site at 5th line. Please ensure you tell the attendant that you are from Tarbutt Township. Tarbutt pays for this service option to be available for residents and we need to know how much the service is being used. GLASS BOTTLES & JARS Only glass Bottles & Jars! When other glass items, such as window pane glass, drinking glasses, light bulbs, ceramics and china are mixed with the bottles and jars, the load of glass becomes unuseable!! ** Please rinse out bottles and jars ** ** Please remove lids ** ** You do not have to remove labels ** COMMINGLED PLASTIC & METAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONTAINERS Please recycle the following: Tin food and beverage cans, aluminum food and beverage cans, aluminum trays and foil (please clean!), Plastics: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 plastic food and beverage containers. These all go in the same deposit bin. ** Please rinse cans and containers ** ** For metal cans, push lid inside and squeeze top a bit to hold it there ** ** Remove caps and lids from all plastic bottles ** ** You don't have to remove the labels ** |
CARDBOARD & BOXBOARD ONLY!!
Please flatten all boxes to fit in the deposit slots. Please, NO plastic or wax board !! NEWSPRINT We welcome newspapers, flyers, magazines, catalogues, telephone books, paper back books, hard cover books, writing paper, and envelopes. THE DON'TS !!!! Many items are labeled with the familiar recyling symbol, however, this does not mean that it is recycleable in OUR program!! If you turn your plastic containers upside down, you will usually find the plastic identified by a number inside the recycling symbol and /or the letters PETE or HDPE underneath it. Some exceptions to the #2 plastic that we CANNOT accept are: Motor oil bottles, pesticide and herbicide containers. REMEMBER....DO NOT DEPOSIT THESE!! Tissues or paper towels Drinking glasses Window pane glass, ceramics or china Light bulbs Coat hangers (plastic or metal) |
CONTACT US
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Municipal Waste & Recycling Consultants
9 Industrial Road Blind River, Ontario P0R 1B0 |
Toll Free: 1-800-430-7778 Telephone: 705-356-4118 Fax: (705) 849-0427 |