Garbage & Recycling

NEW Landfill Hours EFFECTIVE MAY 1st 2009

Summer Hours

Winter Hours

Disposal Fees

2010 HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAYS

May 22 Maple Lake Landfill 1-5 pm July 3 Dorset Landfill 1-5 pm July 31 Oxtongue Landfill 1-5 pm September 4 Dorset Landfill 1-5 pm October 9 Maple Lake Landfill 1-5 pm MATERIALS ACCEPTED ONLY ON DATES & TIMES SHOWN! ACCEPTED HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE CLASSES Latex and Oil Paints, Finishing Products e.g. varnish, glues, etc.; Used Motor Oil; Auto and Household Batteries; Propane Cylinders; Cleaners e.g. bleach, oven cleaner, etc.; Aerosol Cans; Solvents e.g. mineral spirits, paint thinners, etc.; Pesticides and Herbicides; Pool and Photographic Chemicals; Fluorescent Light Tubes; CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) Bulbs SORRY! WE CANNOT ACCEPT Industrial Waste; PCBs; Radioactive or Pathological Waste; Needles/Sharps REMEMBER! The following items may also be deposited year-round in the BIG RED bin at the Maple Lake, Dorset or Oxtongue Landfill sites: single-use/disposable batteries • rechargeable batteries • cell phones • Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs Algonquin Highlands Landfill User ID Card Required

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Scrap TIRES are now accepted FREE!
Tired of those old tires cluttering up your garage, shed or back yard?  Collect them up and bring them in FREE OF CHARGE to the MAPLE LAKE LANDFILL or OXTONGUE LANDFILL only.  They will be recycled into products used to manufacture sports fields, running tracks, playground surfaces and molded products for the garden and car.  Tires must be off rims.  Regular landfill hours of operation apply.  Algonquin Highlands residents only.

WASTE ELECTRONICS (E-WASTE) RECYCLING
Bring us your used, broken and unwanted electronic equipment!
Algonquin Highlands residents can now drop off the following unwanted e-waste FREE OF CHARGE at the Maple Lake, Dorset or Oxtongue Landfill sites for recycling*:

Amplifiers - Audio & Video Players & Recorders – Cameras – Cell Phones Computers & Peripherals – Copiers – Digital Cameras - Fax Machines - Monitors Pagers and PDAs – Printers – Radios – Receivers - Scanners - Speakers Telephones & Answering Machines – Tuners - Turntables - TVs – Video Projectors

*During regular landfill hours.  Listed items only.  Algonquin Highlands Landfill User ID Card required.  For more information on responsible reuse and recycling of electronic products please visit www.dowhatyoucan.ca.

BOAT SHRINK-WRAP
The Township of Algonquin Highlands will be accepting boat shrink-wrap at all Algonquin Highlands landfill sites for the 2009 BOATING SEASON ONLY.  A tipping fee of $20 per cubic yard will be charged.  The material MUST be clean and free of foreign material.  Contaminated or dirty material will not be accepted.  Effective January 1, 2010, boat shrink-wrap WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED at any Algonquin Highlands landfill for recycling or disposal. 
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MANDATORY USE OF CLEAR PLASTIC GARBAGE BAGS– January 1, 2008
Clear plastic garbage bags have proven to be an effective way of reducing the amount of recyclable materials that get thrown away with household garbage. 
Effective January 1, 2008, clear plastic garbage bags will be mandatory for the disposal of household garbage at all landfill sites within the Township of Algonquin Highlands.   Clear garbage bags are available for purchase at most local grocery, home building, and department stores.
Mandatory recycling is still in effect. 
For more information about the use of clear garbage bags or recycling, phone the Municipal Office at (705) 489-2379 or email gshort@algonquinhighlands.ca.

RECYCLING BLUE BOXES are now on sale for $10.00 each (tax incl.) to ratepayers of the municipality.
Boxes may be obtained at the Municipal Office on North Shore Road, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Dorset Satellite Office, Main St. Dorset, Tuesday or Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or at any Township of Algonquin Highlands landfill site.

Residents of the Township of Algonquin Highlands are restricted to using Municipal Landfill and Recycling Centres in the geographic township where the property is located as outlined:

Geographic Township	Municipal Recycling Centre
Stanhope	Maple Lake, Hawk Lake & Pine Springs
Sherborne, McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence & Nightingale	Dorset & Oxtongue Lake

DISPOSAL FEES
N/A: Not Accepted - N/C: No Charge
D: Dorset - HL: Hawk Lake - ML: Maple Lake - O: Oxtongue - PS: Pine Springs

WASTE TYPE	FEES	WHERE ACCEPTED
Household Garbage	N/C	D - HL - ML - O - PS
Bulk Garbage	$20/cu. yard	D - HL - ML - O - PS
Recyclable Material	N/C	D - HL - ML - O - PS
Scrap Metal	N/C	D – ML - O
Tires– Must be OFF RIM	N/C	ML - O
CFC Appliance (tagged)	$10/unit	D – ML – O
CFC Appliance (untagged)	$40/unit	D – ML – O
Appliance except CFC	$10/unit	D – ML – O
Furniture, Mattress, Box Spring	$10/unit	D – ML – O
Construction Material, Shingles (chipable)	$20/cu. yard	D – ML – O – PS
Construction Material (non-chipable)	$40/cu. yard	D – ML – O – PS
Contaminated Soil	$20/cu. yard	D - HL - ML - O - PS
Brush	$10/cu. yard	ML – PS
Propane Tank	N/C	D – ML – O
Oil Tank – empty, dry and cut in half	$10/unit	D – ML – O
Battery – Automotive	N/A
Paint, Hazardous Material	N/A
E-waste	N/C	D – ML – O
Boat – motor & gas tank removed, stripped of all metal	$2/ft	D – ML – O
Boat – motor & gas tank removed, not stripped of all metal	$4/ft	D – ML – O

*** IMPORTANT ***
Shingles MUST BE SEPARATED from construction materials. Hazardous materials are NOT accepted at any site, except on designated Household Hazardous Waste days. Rechargeable batteries, single-use/disposable batteries, cell phones and compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs are accepted year-round in the BIG RED bin at the Maple Lake, Dorset and Oxtongue landfill sites.