Electronics Recycling
Do you have old, broken or unwanted electronics at your home or office? Are you looking for an environmentally friendly way to recycle these electronics?
Electronic items are accepted free of charge at all Waste Management Facilities (landfills) during regular operating hours.
Accepted Electronic Items include:
- Computers, laptops and peripherals (keyboards, mouse, drives, modems, software)
- Memory chips, sticks and drives
- Printers, copiers, scanners, label makers
- Pagers, fax machines, photocopiers
- Floor standing-printers
- Computer monitors
- Televisions (CRT, LCD, Plasma), VCR’s, DVD players
- Digital and non-digital cameras, PDA’s, digital picture frames
- Audio/ video players, video gaming devices and controllers
- Home and portable stereos, speakers, amplifiers, car stereos
- Telephones, answering machines, cell phones, Bluetooth devices, calculators
- Cables of any kind
- Small appliances (microwaves, toaster ovens, etc.)
- Cassettes, diskette’s, CD’s and DVD’s
- GPS with any accessories
- Electronic cash registers
- Power Tools
Removal of personal information from computers is the responsibility of the owner prior to disposal.
Non-Electronic Items:
- Propane tanks accepted as household hazardous waste
- Electric motors and lawn cutting equipment accepted as scrap metal
Electronic Drop-off Boxes:
Select items including printer cartridges, cell phones and digital cameras will be accepted in drop-off boxes at local libraries, Municipal Service Centres and City Hall.
These items are also accepted at all City landfill sites at no cost.
You will be helping the environment! Trees will be planted through the Tree Canada program that plants trees nationally. The more electronic items recycled by residents, the more trees planted.
As of November 2011, over 24 trees have been donated to plant!
