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Recycling in Mississippi Mills

General Information on Recycling

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Info  Curb Side
Info  Fireplace logs
Info  Large Items
Info  Landfill Site
Info  Hazardous Waste
Info  Radioactive waste
Info  Recycling Depots
Info  Recyclers (local)
Useful Links:
     City of Ottawa's Take it Back! directory
     City of Ottawa's useful recycling tips and services

     new Ottawa Recycling Bulletin Board. About "reuse" ideas and such.

re-cycling  Batteries (automotive, non re-chargeable, rechargeable)
re-cycling  Bicycles
re-cycling  Brush (e.g. yard waste such as branches, leaves, etc)
re-cycling  Cardboard
re-cycling  Computers and Electronics
re-cycling  Glass
re-cycling  Light Bulbs
re-cycling  Metals
re-cycling  Plastics
re-cycling  Tires
re-cycling  Vehicles

General Information

Mississippi Mills' waste and recycling web site. The Town's Environmental Advisory Sub Committee deals with Waste Management issues. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Contact the Town.

Curb Side Recycling: For more information on curbside recycling, click here to visit the Town's web page.

Curb Side exchange day for Large Items: The Town organizes an annual Exchange Day the first week of May, just prior to Large Item Day (see below). This is a day when residents of Mississippi Mills can put items they no longer want out at the curb and others can take the "treasures".

Fireplace Logs: www.scientificblogging.com/science_motherhood/firelogs_vs_wood_fires_whats_right_choice_cozy_winter_fire

Hazardous Waste: The Town of MM co-sponsors a weekly hazardous waste depot in Carleton Place during the summer season.

The City of Ottawa has a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) program.

Large Item day: The Town has an annual Large Item Day the second Saturday of May, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Drop off bins are be located at the Howie Landfill site on Howie Road, Pakenham Recycle Depot on Barr Side Road and the Union Hall Yard, at the corner of Wolfe Grove Road and Tatlock Road.

Howie Landfill Site: Located on Howie Road, which is actually in the City of Ottawa off Hwy 49. Map here. Click here for information and hours. The dump on Howie Road accepts the following for recycling:

  • Metal
  • Appliances
  • Brush
  • Tires (are FREE, unless they're on the rim, then $7.00 ea)

Pakenham Depot: Located on Barr Side Road off of Waba Road in Pakenham. Only accepts brush, white appliances (freon removed) and Tires (FREE, unless they're on the rim).

Radioactive Waste (Smoke detectors) - Nothing in MM. The City of Ottawa web site (2010) says this:
"Smoke alarms are not recyclable. Smoke alarms are not defined as a hazardous waste under the Ontario Ministry of Environment regulations, and can for that reason be placed in your regular garbage for collection."

Local Recyclers:

Stanley Sanitation Ltd, Almonte. Off Water street near the Fair Grounds, corner of Wesley St and Monk St in Almonte ON, K0A 1A0. T: 613-256-4205
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Stanley Sanitation is the main local recycler, recycling:

  • Aluminum doors and such (place beside the scrap metal bin)
  • Automotive batteries (place on the ground beside the scrap metal bin)
  • BBQs (place beside the scrap metal bin)
  • Cardboard (in the bins to the right hand side)
  • Appliances (anything with a compressor must have the freon removed!)
  • Hot water tanks
  • Scrap metal (in the scrap metal bin)
  • Wire (in the scrap metal bin)

Please - please - please, DO NOT dump garbage at the site!

Ed's Salvage, Dwyer Hill Road (close to Arnprior). 4447 Upper Dwyer Hill Rd,Arnprior, ON K7S 3G7 T: 613-623-6619. Click here for directions.
Buying all the following:

  • Metals
  • Copper Brass and Alloys
  • Scrap Steel
  • Tin
  • Cars, trucks, etc.

Item Information

Batteries

batteryAutomotive (Lead-Acid) batteries:

See Stanley Sanitation, Almonte above.

batteryNon-rechargeable (alkaline, etc) batteries:

The Source by Circuit City, closest west-end locations:

  • Kanata Centrum, 400 Earl Grey Drive, 613-592-6966
  • Bayshore Shopping Centre, 100 Bayshore Drive, 613-820-6194
  • Bell Mews Plaza, 39 Robertson Road, 613-829-5619
  • Hazeldean Mall, 300 Eagleson Road, 613-254-7298
  • 1250 Stittsville Main Street, 613-831-0842

Home Depot, closest locations (note:containers located by the service desk):

  • Arnprior, Carleton Place, Kanata

Rona, closest locations:

City of Ottawa Take-It-Back! locations.

batteryBatteries - Rechargeable (NiCad, Lithium, etc):

Twenty-Twelve Electronics Recycling Inc. See below. http://www.tter.ca/, Located at 121 Bruce Crescent in Carleton Place.

Staples Business Depot, 8141 Campeau Drive, Kanata, ON; 613-592-3538

City of Ottawa Take-It-Back! locations.

bicycleBicycles

Mountain bikes can be donated to Bikes for Haiti, for fixing and shipment, or for parts

Non-mountain bikes that are in repairable condition can be left beside the metal scrap bin at Stanley Sanitation, Almonte. Often people will pick them up for personal reuse.

Really rusty ones can go in the metal scrap bin at Stanley Sanitation, Almonte.

re-Cycles Bicycle Coop at 473 Bronson Avenue (at Gladstone) in Ottawa, takes bikes in any condition - none are turned away. That's their credo! Check out their website for details on donating to re-Cycles. They will even take your old toothbrushes for cleaning bike parts!

leaf pileBrush and Yard Stuff

Can be recycled at no cost at the Howie Landfill site and the Pakenham Depot.

In the fall "clean" leaves can be brought to Al Potvin's Leaf Pile on his property on Carrs St in Almonte for composting. The composted result is sold for charitable causes.

For the Town of Almonte, Villages of Pakenham, Clayton, Blakeney, and Appleton, the town also offers free Spring and Fall yard waste pickup, and after Christmas they offer a roadside tree pickup. This information is posted in advance of the appropriate season on the Town's website.

cardboard Cardboard


The Town of MM accepts boxboard and cardboard in the curbside blue bins for residential households. Drop off bins are located at the Howie Road Landfill Site, Pakenham Recycle Depot and Ramsay Garage for households and commercial residents.

Stanley Sanitation, Almonte has large bins for cardboard. Many times it's a lot easier for large amounts, rather than trying to cut it all up for curbside pickup.

electronicsComputers and Electronics

The Town has no formal e-waste program and recommends that residents use Twenty-Twelve Electronics Recycling Inc (see below).

Twenty-Twelve Electronics Recycling Inc http://www.tter.ca/
TTER is part of the Ontario Electronic Stewardship Program, with two approved collection sites closest to Mississippi Mills being 107 - 14 Bexley Place, Ottawa (Bells Corners), 613-596-0310, and 42 James Street, Smiths Falls, 613-284-2424. They even offer pickup (at a cost).
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Many items are FREE to recycle: see the TTER listing here.

  • AC adapters
  • Cell phones: cell phone, adapters, headsets, etc. (excludes protective cases/skins)
  • Computer components: power supplies, motherboards, video cards, sound cards, RAM, etc. (excludes modems and routers)
  • Computer peripherals: keyboards, mice, cables, drives, desktop printers (label, card, photo, combination, laser, inkjet, dot matrix, daisy wheel, etc.), scanners (excludes uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), modems, and routers)
  • Computers: desktop, tower, laptop, servers (including rack-mount computers or servers with or without racks)
  • Desktop fax machines (excludes floor models)
  • Diskettes: 3.5" only (excludes tapes, cartridges, CDs, diskette cases, diskette racks or other sizes of diskettes)
  • Displays: closed circuit displays, combination TV/computer displays, monitors, televisions (CRT, LCD, LED, plasma) (excludes any items with bare or broken tubes)
  • Rechargeable batteries: NiCd, NiMH, Li-Ion, small sealed lead acid (excludes car batteries and leaking batteries) Note: all batteries should be sealed in individual plastic bags or have electrical tape securely fastened over the connections as even depleted batteries can spark a fire if terminals touch.
  • Wire, cable and power cords
  • Audio and video players: disk players, tape players, etc.
  • Cameras (excludes disposable)
  • Computer Accessories: modems (cable, DSL, etc.) and routers
  • Copiers: floor and desktop models
  • Equalizers and (pre)amplifiers
  • Pagers;PDAs
  • Personal hand held computers
  • Printers: floor model office and graphic printers up to 48" wide (excludes printing press printers)
  • Radios (includes clock radios),Receivers
  • Speakers
  • Telephones: physical and accessories (excludes PBXs)
  • Tuners,Turntables
  • Typewriters: electric and electronic (excludes manual)
  • Video players/projectors;Video recorder

There are costs to recycle other items, not listed. For example, in 2010 the costs are:

  • $0.50 per pound ($1.10 per kilogram)
  • Microwave ovens (must be clean and glass tray must be removed) $10.00 per item

There is also a list of items not accepted.

The City of Ottawa has an e-Waste program - more information here.

light bulbsLight Bulbs (Energy Efficient and Fluorescent)

Nothing in MM.

The City of Ottawa accepts them at their hazardous waste depots..

metalMetal

Stanley Sanitation, Almonte has large bins for scrap metal. See the link for more information.

Ed's Salvage buys scrap metal.

The Howie Landfill site accepts scrap metal for free and white appliances.

plasticsPlastics

Effective June 1, 2010 residents of Mississippi Mills will be able to put ALL, (yes, all!) #1 and #2 plastics (tubs and lids) in the curb-side blue bins. In addition, residents of MM can now also collect #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 plastics and drop them off at the Howie Landfill site and Pakenham Depot during operating hours. Note: Unfortunately the extended plastic categories accepted by the Town are limited to food and beverage containers, not plastic bags (grocery bags are generally categorized under #2 and plastic bread, milk, etc bags, under #4) or any styrofoam.

Community volunteers (in the the villages and in Almonte neighbourhoods) are attempting to cooperate in an effort to collect and transport non-Blue Bin recyclables from their areas to the municipal drop-offs. Interested residents should join the MMRA's Yahoo Discussion Group to keep informed about local recycling activities.

The City of Ottawa offers road-side pick up of a much wider range of plastics recycling than does Mississippi Mills at present. Many locals who work or have friends in Ottawa, and are keen and able, arrange to take their plastics with them for recycling!

Consult the City of Ottawa Take-It-Back! directory to discover which retailers in your area will take back plastic bags and styrofoam.

tiresTires


Can be deposited at the Howie Landfill site and Pakenham Depot for FREE, unless they're on the rims; then there's a nominal cost

vehiclesVehicles

Please NOTE: The Howie Landfill site DOES NOT ACCEPT VEHICLES FOR SCRAP .

Ed's Salvage buys vehicles. Currently they pay about $125 per tonne (1000 kgs or 2204 lbs). A compact car weighs about 2500 lbs.

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