Municipal Hazardous Waste Depot (MHWD)
It's estimated that Canadian families buy 40 to 50 different kinds of hazardous products such as paint, cleaners, and pesticides every year. The MHWD at the Middleville Waste Site provides access to a recycling program designed for household products that require special end-of-life care. Ontario's Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste program helps municipalities recover these materials, so they won't end up being poured down drains or sewers or directed to landfills where they can cause a real threat to our health and our environment.
2011 SEASONAL DATES:
Victoria Day Weekend through Thanksgiving Day
(Sat. May 21st - Mon. October 10th)
WASTE ITEMS ACCEPTED
• ACID OR BASE CORROSIVES (CLEANERS, DRAIN OPENERS, RUST REMOVER)
• AEROSOL CANS (CONTAINING RESIDUAL MATERIALS)
• BATTERIES (LEAD ACID VEHICLE AND DRY CELL BATTERIES - SINGLE USE & RECHARGEABLE)
• FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
• FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS (GASOLINE, SOLVENTS, STRIPPERS, TURPENTINE)
• LATEX PAINT, OIL PAINT & STAIN
• MOTOR OIL, ANTIFREEZE, OIL FILTERS
• ORGANIC FLAMMABLE (ADHESIVES, DRIVEWAY SEALANT, CAULK, RESIN)
• OXIDIZERS (POOL CHEMICALS, FERTILIZER)
• PATHOLOGICAL WASTE (SYRINGES)
• PHARMACEUTICALS (PRESCRIPTION OR NON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR HUMAN OR VETERINARY USE.)
• PESTICIDES
• PRESSURIZED CONTAINERS (PROPANE TANKS & CYLINDERS, OXYGEN & HELIUM TANKS.)
WASTE ITEMS MUST BE IDENTIFIABLE AND IN A SEALED CONTAINER OR PACKAGE.
THIS FACILITY CANNOT BULK FLAMMABLE OR HIGHLY VAPOUROUS LIQUIDS - THEREFORE ANY CONTAINERS HOLDING THESE LIQUIDS WILL NOT BE RETURNED. (Example: gasoline containers) NO EXCEPTIONS.
WASTE ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED at the MHWD
The Province of Ontario mandates which materials we can legally accept and which ones we cannot. We have compiled the following information to facilitate your search for convenient, legal methods to dispose of materials that are not handled by our MHWD and to provide disposal options during the winter months when our MHWD is closed. An increasing number of local retailers participate in TAKE IT BACK programs for recycling and safe disposal of hazardous materials they sell such as paint, batteries, and compact fluorescent bulbs. This is by no means a complete listing but does provide guidance to help you find local disposal options. Thank you for your continued efforts to reduce the amount of hazardous waste going to our landfill sites.
• AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES OR FLARES can be taken to any detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Go to their offices during regular business hours Monday - Friday.
• ASBESTOS: Homeowners should never handle asbestos. Please call a licensed demolition expert.
• COMPACT FLOURESCENT LIGHT (CFL) BULBS & FLOURESCENT TUBES can be recycled at all Ontario Home Depot locations and many other hardware stores. CFL bulbs and tubes should not be disposed of with regular household waste because they contain mercury. Help the environment by bringing your old CFL bulbs to a local retailer to be responsibly recycled.
• MERCURY (MERCURY FILLED THERMOMETERS, THERMOSTATS) There are a number of retail locations across Canada that provide collection options for mercury-containing products. Go to http://www.switchthestat.ca/eng/dropoff.php to find a public drop-off location.
• P.C.B. CONTAMINATED WASTE (FLUORESCENT LIGHT BALLASTS) Ballasts manufactured prior to 1980 could contain PCB's. After 1980 they do not contain PCB's but they contain oil and should not be disposed of in a landfill site. The homeowner should never handle P.C.B.s. Please call a licensed disposal expert.
• RADIOACTIVE WASTE (SMOKE DETECTORS) According to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment smoke detectors should be discarded with your regular household waste at the curb. Apparently the amount of radioactive waste contained in these units is negligible.
MHWD RE-USE TABLE
Most items on the table are latex, oil and aerosol paints, though you may also find household cleansers and lubricants. To be eligible for re-use, items must be in the original manufacturer's (undamaged) container with a clearly legible label containing product use information and product hazards. Before your next paint job, check the MHWD RE-USE TABLE to see whether there is a paint that suits your needs. Re-using items instead of sending them to the landfill helps preserve our natural environment, extends the life of our waste sites, and saves the township money on recycling and disposal.
When you bring your leftover materials and containers to the MHWD, we'll ensure that they're reused or recycled into new materials such as recycled paint, antifreeze and plastics. When we can't reuse or recycle what we collect, we'll handle disposal in the most environmentally friendly way possible.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE GO TO www.makethedrop.ca. YOU'LL FIND INFORMATION ABOUT MATERIALS, PUBLIC DROP-OFF LOCATIONS FOR MATERIALS NOT ACCEPTED AT THE MIDDLEVILLE MHWD, AND ALTERNMATE DISPOSAL LOCATIONS FOR OFF- SEASON DISPOSAL,