Household Hazardous Waste

Items with the corrosive, explosive, flammable and toxic symbols should never be placed in your garbage or recycling, or poured down a drain.

Light bulbs and tubes

Get more information about our year-round drop-off of light bulbs and tubes.

Paint

Did you know? Year-round, for free, you can drop-off paint for recycling at Haliburton Home Hardware and Minden Home Hardware. They'll accept any brand of latex or oil-based paint during regular operating hours. Quantity limits may apply. This take-back program is operated by producer responsibility organization, Product Care Recycling.

Year-round drop-off of Special Waste

You can drop off the following special waste at our landfills at any time:

• Antifreeze containers - 30 litres or less (empty only)
  • Not empty windshield washer fluid jugs - those go in Recycling for Containers
• Household batteries
  • Not automotive or boat batteries
• Oil containers - 30 litres or less (empty only)
• Propane cylinders (empty only)
• Propane tanks (empty only)

Household Hazardous Waste Days

County of Haliburton residents with a valid Dysart et al or Algonquin Highlands or Highlands East or Minden Hills landfill card can drop off acceptable household hazardous waste at one of the Household Hazardous Waste Days:

Plan your Household Hazardous Waste Day trip:

• Remain inside your vehicle at the hazardous waste drop off: event staff will unload your household hazardous waste for you.
• Make your household hazardous waste easily accessible: keep it separate from other wastes or items in your vehicle.
• Assess your health before attending: if you are feeling sick, do not attend.
• Attending an event outside your regular municipality? Only your household hazardous waste will be accepted (no other wastes).

Items Accepted at Household Hazardous Waste Days

Any containers with fluids (ie, gasoline, oil, paint, etc.) must have secure, proper lids or caps.

• Aerosol cans (full or partially full)
• Automotive fluids
• Batteries - vehicle (automotive, marine, etc.)
• Batteries - household (rechargeable and single-use)
• Cleaners (bleach, oven cleaner, etc.)
• Fertilizers
• Finishing products (varnish, glue, etc.)
• Gasoline (containers NOT returned)
• Motor oil (must be capped)
• Paint (latex and oil, full or partially full)
• Pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides
• Pool chemicals
• Propane cylinders
• Propane tanks
• Solvents (varsol, paint thinners, etc.)

Not Accepted

• Sharps (needles, syringes, lancets)
• PCBs
• Radioactive waste
• Pathological waste

Household Hazardous Waste Days are for residents only

Due to provincial regulations, these events are for residents only. Hazardous waste is NOT accepted from businesses and organizations, including builders, camps, charities, contractors, painting companies, places of worship, restaurants, retailers, schools, etc.

These businesses and organizations need to arrange private haulage and processing of hazardous waste:

• Batteries: Call2Recycle or Environmental 360 Solutions
• Lighting, including fluorescent tubes: Product Care Association
• various materials: Brendar Environmental or Buckham Transport (now owned by GFL Environmental) or Clean Harbors or Greenflow Environmental Services