Personal: Recycling at Bottle Depots
Recycling is not just good for the environment, but you could even make some extra money. Re-use and Recycle - scrap for cash! The government requires that many consumer containers be recyclable, and still others re-useable. To prevent wasting re-useable containers, manufacturers and retailers may charge a deposit on the containers when you buy the products inside. These deposits are returned when customers return the containers.
Recyclable containers in Ontario with a deposit include:
- Aluminium beer cans (Canadian brands only). Return to the Beer Store for $.10/can refund.
- Beer Bottles (Canadian brands only). Return to the Beer Store for $.10/can refund
- Refillable soft drink ontainers. Return to retailer for $.40/bottle refund.
Scrap metal dealers will accept certain types of recyclable metals in sufficient quantities. Some schools even save their empty aluminum beverage cans, and sell them to scrap dealers as a fundraising initiative.
The following businesses in the Oakville-Burlington area buy scrap metal:
Blue Box Recycling
To have a blue box delivered please call Halton Region's Waste Management Services at 905-825-6000 weekdays
Blue Boxes are available for pick up ($5 each) at Halton Regional Centre
( 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, weekdays from 8 am. to 5 pm.),
Halton Waste Management Site (5400 Regional Road 25, Milton, mn-Sat 8 amd to 4:30 pm),
or at the Halton Hills Public Works Yard
(11620 Trafalgar Road, Georgetown, weekdays 8:30 am to 4:30 pm)
Each resident should use their blue boxes to separate materials properly.
The first two recycling boxes are provided at no charge. There is a charge of $5.00 for each additional box.
Residents are required to place garbage, recyclables and yard waste at curbside on their collection day by 7 a.m. to ensure collection. Collection trucks will not be sent back into areas where these materials have been placed out late. Please call 739-4219 for more information about Barrie’s Waste Management programs.
- Aluminum - cans, wrap, pie plates, lawn chair frames, toboggans
- Corrugated cardboard - (cut or folded into a manageable size)
- box board - cereal boxes, etc. (flattened). No waxed milk cartons, please!
- Glass - all kinds (rinsed, not broken)
- Plastic containers
- Tetrapaks
Over 500 million containers are returned each year, which is about 80 - 90 per cent
of all those containers manufactured and sold. Of course, many of the balance are
accounted for by the "blue box" program and are recycled, so our land fills are not
burdened with unnecessary waste materials.
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