To download a copy of this Sorting Guide please visit our collection schedule page by clicking here.
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Container Recycling |
Paper Recycling |
Organics |
Garbage |
| Aerosol cans (empty) | Books (soft & hard cover-remove hardcovers) |
Baking ingredients | Ashes (in in a combustible container) |
| Aluminum plates | Boxboard (cereal, tissue, cracker boxes) | Bones | Binders |
| Cardboard cans (frozen juice, peanuts, hot chocolate) | Brown paper bags | Bread | Blister plastic packaging |
| Cartons (milk, juice, cream) | Catalogues and magazines | Butcher paper | Bubble wrap |
| Clam shells (plastic produce & bakery containers) | Corrugated cardboard (2ft x 3ft (0.61 x 0.91m) flattened and/or bundled) |
Cereal | Candles |
| Egg cartons (plastic) | Envelopes | Coffee filters/grounds | Candy bar wrappers |
| Glass bottles & jars (non-refundable, lids removed) | File folders | Cooking oil, grease, fat (solidified) | Carpet (must fit inside bag or can) |
| Juice boxes | Frozen food boxes | Corncobs & cornhusks | CD/DVDs & cases |
| Paint cans: METAL, empty, dry (lids removed) | Greeting cards | Dairy products | Ceramics |
| Plastic bottles, jugs, tubs & lids (i.e. food & beverage containers, household cleaning products, laundry detergent, shampoo bottles, etc.) | Junk mail | Drink trays (paper) | Cereal / cracker box liner |
| Pop/juice cans | Newspaper & flyers | Eggs & egg shells | Chip bags |
| Small scrap metal items (utensils, pots & pans, baking sheets, metal coat hangers, small appliances – cords removed). Must fit inside your yellow bin. | Paper (coloured & white) | Egg cartons (paper) | Christmas tree lights |
| Steel cans | Paper towel rolls (empty) | Facial tissue | Cigarette butts |
| Yogurt/pudding/applesauce cups | Shredded paper (in a clear plastic bag) | Fish parts | Clemintine boxes |
| Telephone books | Flowers | Clothesline | |
| Toilet paper rolls (empty) | Fruit | Cookie bags | |
| Tissue paper | Houseplants | Cork | |
| Wrapper paper (Non-metallic) | Leaf and yard waste | Crayons | |
| Meat products | Dialysis tubing | ||
| Microwave popcorn bags | Diapers | ||
| Muffin papers | Diaper wipes | ||
| Napkins | Dishes | ||
| Nuts / shells | Disposable mop sheets | ||
| Paper cups | Dog/cat food bags | ||
| Paper food containers | Dryer sheets & lint | ||
| Paper plates | Feminine hygiene products | ||
| Paper towels | Florist foam | ||
| Pasta | Flower pots/trays | ||
| Pizza and pizza boxes | Foil (pouches/packets) | ||
| Pumpkins | Food packaging (deli meat, hot dog, wrappers, etc.) | ||
| Rice | Furnace filters | ||
| Shellfish (inc. shells) | Garden hose | ||
| Tea bags & leaves | Kitty litter | ||
| Vegetables | Latex gloves | ||
| Waxed corrugated cardboard (small quantities only) | Mirrors | ||
| Waxed paper | Pet waste | ||
| Photographs | |||
| Planting trays / pots | |||
| Plastic cutlery | |||
| Plastic wrap | |||
| Pool noodles | |||
| Rags & unusable clothing | |||
| Rope | |||
| Toys | |||
| Sandwich bags | |||
| Shoes | |||
| Straws | |||
| Styrofoam packing peanuts | |||
| Vacuum bags | |||
| VHS Tapes & Cases | |||
| Wallpaper | |||
| Milk Bags | |||
| Paint Can (plastic, empty) | |||
| Clothesline | |||
| Remote Controls | |||
| Styrofoam ALL TYPES – plates, cups, insulation, packaging, etc. | |||
| Plastic bags ALL TYPES – grocery, bread, milk, etc. | |||
The following must be disposed of properly. DO NOT place in recycling, organics, or garbage:
Medical supplies (i.e. empty, plastic IV bags and tubing) – Garbage (remove all needles)
Ammunition (contact local police station)
Motor oil bottles – Household Hazardous Waste
Needles – Click here for more information
Batteries – Household Hazardous Waste
Cell phones – Electronic Waste
Hazardous waste (paint, oil. etc.)
Collection Schedules can be downloaded here for residents in Petawawa, Pembroke and Laurentian Valley. Copies are also available at your Municipal Office. Your Collection Schedule will note your collection day, items to be collected, Environmental Days, Large Collection (furniture, appliances, scrap metal, elect), Leaf & Yard Waste Pick-Ups and Christmas Tree Disposal.
Hazardous or Special Waste is not collected at curbside. HSW can be brought to the OVWRC year round during regular operating hours or check for Environmental Days during the Spring and Summer.
Old clothing, if useable can be donated to a charity. Unusable clothing is regular garbage.