Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Days

To our knowledge, the Province is not funding any Household Hazardous Waste days in 2010.

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In Saskatoon - NEW LOCATION: North on Idylwyld Drive/Highway 12, turn east on Cory Road

2010 Dates (all Saturdays) 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.

• August 21
• September 11 & 25
• October 16 & 30
• November 27
• December 18
  

This program is open to Saskatoon residents only. No commercial hazardous products of any kind will be accepted as part of this program.

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Around the rest of the province: No dates are anticipated in 2010, sorry.

The following materials will be accepted in Saskatoon:

• Adhesives - contact cement, caulking, sealer, carpet and linoleum adhesives, glue
• Aerosols - hair spray, insect repellant, lubricant spray, furniture cleaner
• Automotive - used engine oil, used engine oil filters, antifreeze, batteries, carburetor cleaners, oil fuel, windshield cleaner
• Batteries - automotive, cellphone, dry-cell, NiCad, lithium, alkali, lead-acid
• Cleaners - oven cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, glass cleaner, spot remover, disinfectants, car wax
• Corrosives - drain cleaner, engine degreaser, ammonia, battery acid, sulfuric acid
• Fuels - gasoline, diesel, kerosene, lamp oil, oil/gas mixture
• Mercury - mercury, thermometers, thermostats, fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lights (CFLs)
• Oxidizers - chlorine, bleach, pool chemicals, fertilizers, hydrogen peroxide, septic tank chemicals
• Poisons - lawn herbicides, garden chemicals, rat poison, gopher killer, insecticides
• Pharmaceuticals - old prescription drugs, medicines (no sharps or biological waste)
• Propane Cylinders - barbeque cylinders, camp cylinders
• Solvents - paint thinner, acetone, varsol, alcohol, benzene, xylene, naphtha
  

Please note that paints can be recycled at any SARCAN depot during their regular hours. They should not be taken to the Saskatoon Household Hazardous Waste events.

For more information on the City of Saskatoon's Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program, please call 975-2486 or visit www.saskatoon.ca and search under H for Household Hazardous Waste.

For more information on events around the province, contact Mannie Cheung of Product Care at (604) 592-2972 ext. 203.

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