Landfills

There is a dedicated area to dispose of clean bale wrap (white ONLY), twine, silage bags & bunker covers (each type must be separated and brought to the landfill in collection bags) for a fee, at the Teeswater-Culross landfill only.

Collection bags can be picked up at the landfill site. It is very important that these materials are free of debris and are kept as clean as possible.

We work with a service provider to divert this material from our landfills for recycling.

You can dispose of your asphalt shingles for a tipping fee at the Teeswater-Culross landfill only. Please make sure you segregate these materials.

You can drop off your gently used clothing and general household textiles to one of the Canadian Diabetes Association donation bins located at both of our landfill sites for free.

Items accepted in donation bins include:

• Accessories and bags
• Clothing
• Curtains
• General household textiles (towels, blankets, sheets)
• Shoes and boots
• Sleeping bags
• Items that we do not accept in donation bins include:
• Household items
• Electronics
• Sports Equipment
• Organic and Hazardous Materials
• Any item that does not fit inside the bin

You can also arrange free household pick-ups with the Canadian Diabetes Association where there is an expanded list of acceptable items not included in the clothing bin program. Each year, the association helps to divert items from the landfill, reduce your carbon footprint and help those in need.

Canadian Diabetes Association

Yard waste and compost are accepted at both landfills.

Corrugated cardboard containers, such as packing boxes or take-away pizza boxes, are now accepted in curbside blue box collection.

• Flatten, bundle and place beside blue box
• No larger than 60 cm x 60 cm
• Please clean off any oil, grease and food
• Corrugated cardboard is also accepted at both Landfill Recycling Depots (must be flattened)

Electronic waste (e-waste) is considered anything with circuitry or electrical components with a power or battery supply. You can recycle a full range of electronics free of charge at both our landfills where we collect, sort, and ship them off site for recycling. Some examples of accepted e-waste materials include:

• Printing, copying and multi-function devices
• Telephones and answering machines
• Cellular phones and pagers
• Audio and video players, and recorders (i.e. MP3, cassette, digital)
• Cameras (i.e. web, digital, analog)
• Home theatre (i.e. equalizers, amplifiers, speakers, turntables)
• Radios
• Receivers
• Personal hand-held computers
• Computers (desktop and portable)
• Computer peripherals (i.e. modems, keyboards, mice, hard drives, optical drives - CD, Blu-ray, DVD, HD-DVD)
• Display devices (i.e. monitors and televisions)

Protect your privacy

The Municipality is not responsible for personal information contained on your electronic devices. Please clear all personal information from computers, cell phones, routers and electronics before you drop them off. This includes wiping your drives and clearing your SIM cards.

Styrofoam materials are now accepted with curbside blue box collection or can be dropped off at both Mildmay and Teeswater landfill sites, free of charge. 

Accepted items include: 

• Meat trays
• Takeout containers
• Styrofoam cups, plates, bowls
• Foam packaging commonly from:
  • Computers
  • Electronics
  • Appliances
  • Lighting and fans
  • Tools
  • Toys

Materials not accepted include:

• Packing peanuts or popcorn
• Construction insulation (i.e. blue or pink)
• Polyethylene and polypropylene packaging
• Foam bags and wrapping
• Hot tub cover inserts
• Pool noodles

Please ensure that you:

• Remove all tape, plastic, stickers, cardboard, and other contaminants attached to foam
• Ensure material is empty and clean
• Remove film wrap and absorbent pads from meat trays
• Non-acceptable items must be disposed of with your other household garbage

Film plastics are now accepted with curbside blue box collection and at both Landfill Depots. Acceptable items include:

• Bags used for dry cleaning, bread, newspapers and flyers.
• Overwrap (paper towels & toilet paper, beverage containers)
• Coffee bags or deli pouches, chip bags, bubble wrap, snack wrappers, cereal liner bags, plastic gift bags)
• Retail and packaging bags
• Food and produce bags
• Zipper lock and resealable bags

The film plastics not accepted include:

• Unclean items
• Packaging in contact with meat or dairy
• Agricultural bale wrap
• Beverage rings

You can recycle your household batteries at both of our landfills free of charge. We accept batteries including:

• Single-use batteries (AAAs, AAs, 9-volt, D’s & C’s)
• Lithium batteries (put in a plastic bag or tap batteries at both terminal ends)
• Button cell batteries
• Corroded or leading batteries (put in a plastic bag)

There is a dedicated site trailer at each landfill site for you to dispose of your mattresses and box springs for a fee. We work with Recyc-Mattresses to divert them from our landfills and recycle them in an environmentally friendly way.

Recyc-Mattresses

Scrap steel, large appliances and white metals are accepted free of charge at both landfill sites. Please note that all fridges, freezers, AC units, humidifiers, water coolers must be tagged freon-free by a certified technician.

You can your drop-off used, clean, tires for free at both our landfills. We will recycle the tires through the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) Program. You can:

• Keep rims on tires
• Bring up to ten tires per day
• Bring both on-road and off-road vehicle tires

We will recycle these tires into items like playground surfaces, floor mats, and rubber car components.

Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) Program