Under the new plan, producers – who supply recyclable materials to the community – will pay for and run recycling programs. Currently, municipalities collect and process recycling. The province of Ontario is changing who is responsible for recycling. Recycling carts that are damaged, broken, lost or stolen will be repaired or replaced free, except in the case of negligence. Get more details about changing a cart size. You can change your recycling cart for a smaller or larger-sized cart. Flattening plastic bottles and beverage cartons.Įxchanging, repairing or replacing your recycling cart.Put the beverage case and the tied bag in your recycling cart. Put the plastic wrapping inside a tied plastic bag. Separate cardboard beverage cases from plastic wrapping.Flatten the newspaper and put it in your recycling cart and reuse the elastic or put it in the garbage. Separate rolled newspapers from plastic bags and elastics.

Put plastic grocery bags, plastic newspaper bags and plastic wrapping into one tied plastic bag, then put the tied bag in your recycling cart.x 36 in.) and placed 1 m (3 ft.) away from your recycling cart. Excess bags of recyclables do not need tags.Įxcess cardboard must be bundled up to 90 cm x 90 cm (36 in. Put the bag next to your blue cart on your recycling collection day. If your recycling cart is full, put excess recyclables in a transparent or clear blue bag. Do not place carts on top of snow banks.Do not fasten lids with wire or bungee cords.Face the handles towards your home and point the arrows towards the street.The lid of your recycling cart must be closed for collection.

Leave at least 1 m (3 ft.) feet of clear space around cart at curb.

Do not put recyclable items inside plastic or grocery bags.

Empty and rinse recyclable items and put them directly in your recycling cart.

Download home depot recycling bins