Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Days
The popular Household Hazardous Waste Days are back! Bring your household, automotive, lawn and garden chemicals in their original containers.
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Around the province: 2009 - all days are done. (For Saskatoon, see below)
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All days are done for 2009. Stay tuned for 2010. ** Includes collection of electronic waste and paint: see the SARCAN website for more details on what electronics can be recycled; and Product Care's site for information on paint and other products that are accepted. |
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In Saskatoon - Location: Envirotec Services, 812 - 46th Street East, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.
2010 Dates:
- Saturday, January 23
- Saturday, February 20
- Saturday, March 20
- Saturday, April 10 & 24
- Saturday, May 15 & 29
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:
- 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
- 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.
Materials collected through these programs will be recycled or reused wherever possible.
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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