Below are some guides to acceptable materials, information on waste, e-waste, hazardous waste and the Town's Solid Waste, Organics and Recycling By-Law.
Starting September 23, 2024, Goderich will implement a new curbside collection program for solid waste and organics.
This transition is guided by the proposed draft updated Solid Waste, Organics, and Recycling By-Law, aiming to improve waste diversion and environmental sustainability. Under the new system, eligible households will receive roll-out carts (240 litres for waste and 120 litres for organics) for collection. Organics will be collected weekly. Recycling and waste will be collected every other week, on alternate weeks.
Ontario is making producers responsible for managing the waste generated from their products and packaging to promote innovation, reduce waste and lower costs for taxpayers.
Learn more about the program here.
The Bluewater Material Guide is provided by the Bluewater Recycling Association to help you find the most environmentally friendly way to dispose of items including hazardous waste, recycling, waste and organics such as yard waste.
Household smoke detectors, also referred to as ionization chamber smoke detectors, use radioactive material to sense smoke in the air and warn of fire hazards. The radiation source in these smoke detectors is usually a small amount of americium-241 that does not pose a risk to the user of the smoke detector.
Consumers have two options when their ionizing smoke detector reaches its end of useful life:
- Contacting and returning their smoke detector to its manufacturer for disposal.
- Disposing household smoke detectors in regular municipal household garbage but not in recycling or composting waste, after the removal of its internal battery for proper disposal.
For more information see Household Smoke Detector Safety and Disposal.
When in Doubt, Don't Throw It Out!!
Hazardous Waste is the most dangerous of all wastes. It can immediately affect humans and the environment or its full effects may take years to appear.
The Ministry of Environment uses the following definition: "Hazardous Waste is dangerous to human health and the environment. It includes toxic, corrosive, flammable, reactive, and radioactive waste from homes, industry and agriculture."
The average Canadian household produces 35 litres of hazardous waste each year. Not including industrial or agricultural waste, Ontario homes produce a total of 140 million litres per year.
Learn more about Hazardous Waste and how and where to safely dispose of it here.
Non-Collectible Waste is waste that is not collected curbside and includes the following:
- ashes;
- asbestos;
- biomedical waste including waste generated by human health and residential materials such as needles, or syringes with needles, scalpels, blades, disposable scissors, suture equipment, stylets and trocars, broken test tubes, and glass that may contain human blood, fluids and tissues with pathogens that could cause harm to personnel handling them;
- construction materials including broken plaster, lumber, broken concrete, excavated material or other waste resulting from the construction, alteration, repair, demolition or removal of any building or structure;
- discarded trucks, automobiles and other vehicles and the parts thereof, or accessories thereto, including tires and rims;
- explosives, dynamite caps, ammunition, firearms, and any other highly flammable or volatile substances of any nature whatsoever;
- household or office furniture;
- household special waste;
- industrial and hazardous waste as described in the Regulations to the Environmental Protection Act, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 347;
- liquid or gaseous wastes;
- mattresses;
- petroleum-soaked rags;
- PCB waste as defined in the Regulations to the Environmental Protection Act R.S.O. 1990, Reg. 362;
- radioactive waste;
- road salt and sand;
- septic tank pumping’s, raw sewage sludge and industrial sludge;
- sharps;
- trees and stumps, including tree branches, creosote treated timbers or poles;
- any materials which have become frozen to a waste container and cannot be removed therefrom by shaking at the time of collection.
Non-collectible Recyclables is recyclable material that is not collected curbside and includes the following:
- metal, including shelving, automotive parts, cable and all clean metal products and large appliances;
- wood products, including all clean wood products, wood building materials, tree branches and trees; and
- WEEE products: electronics, computer equipment, all household HSP, including batteries
Acceptable Organic Waste refers to residential food waste, house and garden plant waste, soiled napkins/tissues/paper towels.
Organic Carts must not contain: hot or cold ashes, diapers, personal hygiene products, rocks, bricks etc., non-biodegradable plastic bags, cigarette butts, metal, glass, plastic, textiles, leather, vinyl or other non-compostable waste.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) or E-Waste is not collected curbside and includes the following:
- all electronic products including televisions, radios, stereo equipment, computers, monitors, printers, and anything that contains electronic components
The Information Age has created an electronics industry that is the fastest growing manufacturing industry in the world. With this growth comes rapid product obsolescence resulting in an ever growing waste stream consisting of electronic waste.
A major concern is that certain components of electronic products contain hazardous materials.
All WEEE or E-Waste can be disposed of at the Mid-Huron Recycling Centre FREE of charge!
E-waste products include:
- Amplifiers
- Audio and Video Players
- Cameras
- Cell Phones
- Computers and peripherals
- Copiers
- Digital Cameras
- Fax Machines
- Monitors
- Pagers and PDAs
- Printers
- Radios
- Receivers
- Scanners
- Speakers
- Telephones & Answering Machines
- Tuners
- Turntables
- Televisions
- Video Projectors
MID-HURON RECYCLING CENTRE
37506 Huron Road, Clinton, ON N0M 1L0
P: 519-482-7668
Open Tuesday - Saturday 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Closed Sunday, Monday and all Statutory Holidays
Note: The last load of waste will be accepted 30 minutes prior to closing.
Before you throw your material in the garbage:
Waste that is not collected curbside includes the following:
- ashes;
- asbestos;
- biomedical waste including waste generated by human health and residential materials such as needles, or syringes with needles, scalpels, blades, disposable scissors, suture equipment, stylets and trocars, broken test tubes, and glass that may contain human blood, fluids and tissues with pathogens that could cause harm to personnel handling them;
- construction materials including broken plaster, lumber, broken concrete, excavated material or other waste resulting from the construction, alteration, repair, demolition or removal of any building or structure;
- discarded trucks, automobiles and other vehicles and the parts thereof, or accessories thereto, including tires and rims;
- explosives, dynamite caps, ammunition, firearms, and any other highly flammable or volatile substances of any nature whatsoever;
- household or office furniture;
- household special waste;
- industrial and hazardous waste as described in the Regulations to the Environmental Protection Act, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 347;
- liquid or gaseous wastes;
- mattresses;
- petroleum-soaked rags;
- PCB waste as defined in the Regulations to the Environmental Protection Act R.S.O. 1990, Reg. 362;
- radioactive waste;
- road salt and sand;
- septic tank pumping’s, raw sewage sludge and industrial sludge;
- sharps;
- trees and stumps, including tree branches, creosote treated timbers or poles;
- any materials which have become frozen to a waste container and cannot be removed therefrom by shaking at the time of collection.
Use the below search tool or download the Recycling Coach app on your smartphone to access collection schedules, receive reminder notifications, or help answer questions about what items go where.
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