Waste Management

Household Waste Disposal for Residents of Carleton Place

WASTE	DISPOSAL
Hazardous Waste Please note: Partial cans of paint should be mixed together. Put dry empty cans in your blue box. Bring full cans of waste paint to the Compost Site.	Bring to the Compost Site Saturday mornings, June 5 to September 18 from 8:00 a.m. to noon.
Recyclables	Place in Blue Box at the curb before 7a.m.
Compost-friendly material including food scraps	Use your backyard composters. Please call 257-2253 for more information.
Clothing and textiles and sports equipment.	Call the Canadian Diabetes Association at 746-4633 for free pick up or deliver to one of the many local organizations who accept.
Appliances	Place at the Curb with 2 stickers where they will be picked up for recycling.
Metal	Bring to the Compost Yard.
Large Items, furniture	Consider reuse options first. Place at the curb with 2 stickers.
Regular Garbage Bags	One sticker each, 2 if more than 15kg.

Curb Side Blue Box Recycling

Boardbox

Includes single layer boxes (e.g. shoe, cereal, detergent), egg cartons, tubes, brown paper bags and manila envelopes. FLATTEN, remove any food and liner bags and stuff into large boxboard box. DO NOT include milk cartons, laminated cartons (frozen food), drinking boxes or waxed paper.

Corrugated Cardboard

Must be flattened and tied in bundles no larger than 30"x30"x8" next to your blue box. No waxed or coated boxes.

HDPE #2 Plastic
ONLY small mouth screw top plastic containers marked with #2 on bottom or side. No lids, tubs or pails. Rinse.

PET #1 Plastic

Small mouth screw-top plastic containers marked with #1 on the bottom or side. NO lids, tubs or pails. Rinse and flatten to save space.

Metal and Aluminum Cans

Place loose in blue box. Includes food and beverage, empty paint cans (lid removed), empty aerosol and crushed clean aluminum foil and trays.

Glass Bottles and Jars
Place loose in blue box. Food and beverage containers only. DO NOT include broken glass, windows, ceramics, Pyrex, light bulbs or drinking glasses.

Newspaper, Magazines and Mixed Household Paper

Place in paper bag beside blue box. Keep separate from boxboard and cardboard. DO NOT include hardcover books, manila envelopes, construction paper, wrapping paper, laminates or envelopes with windows.

Household Hazardous Waste

The Town of Carleton Place operates a Household Hazardous Waste Depot now located at the compost yard on Patterson Crescent. The depot is open Saturday mornings from 8:00 am until 12:00 Noon to receive many household hazardous waste including: paints, car batteries, oil, dry cell batteries, cleaners, propane cylinders, aerosol cans, antifreeze and flammables. The The Household Hazardous Waste Site is currently closed for the season. It will reopen on June 5, 2010.

Compost Yard/ Yard Waste

The Town provides a Compost Yard off of Patterson Crescent. The Yard accepts grass clippings, yard waste, tree branches etc. The Compost Yard is open Saturday mornings from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon. The depot is open from mid-spring to late November. The site is now closed for the season but will reopen on May 1, 2010 until November 20, 2010.

Christmas Tree Collection

The Town provides curb side collection of Christmas Trees to all residents of Carleton Place. Please place your tree at the curb side on your normal collection day. No garbage stickers are required for this service.

Leaf Collection

The Town provides curb side leaf collection during late October and early November ONLY. Leaves must be in paper leaf bags and placed at the curb on your regular garbage day. Leaves in plastic garbage bags WILL NOT be picked up by the Town.