Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Days

To our knowledge, the Province is not funding any Household Hazardous Waste days in 2011.

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In Saskatoon - Envirotec Services - North on Idylwyld Drive/Highway 12, turn east on Cory Road

2011 Dates (all Saturdays) 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.

• November 26
• December 17

2012 Dates:

• January 21
• February 25
• March 17 and 31
• April 21
• May 12 and 26
• June 16
• July 21
• August 18
• September 8 and 22
• October 13 and 27
• November 24
• December 15

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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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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