Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule

Used batteries piling up? Tripping over old cans of paint? Here's your chance to get more space in your garage and dispose of your household hazardous and special waste materials in an environmentally friendly manner. The 2019 collection event schedule is posted below.

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Hazardous Waste Collection Program

Household hazardous waste materials include but are not limited to the following items:

  • Paints & Stains
  • Batteries
  • Household Cleaners
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Propane Tanks
  • Antifreeze
  • Fluorescent Lights
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Used Oil
  • Oil Filters
  • Fertilizers
  • Pesticides
  • Aerosols
  • Solvents
  • Fuel
  • Pool Chemicals

Residents of Bruce County are welcome to attend any of the event locations

Please note: COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL WASTES, PCB'S, AMMUNITION OR FLARES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

ONLY CONTAINERS WITH A VOLUME OF 30 LITRES OR LESS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Waste must be received in containers that can be disposed of as containers are not emptied and returned (ie. gas cans). Empty metal paint cans are blue box recyclable.

Contact us
Kerri Meier
Environmental Coordinator
Department: 
Transportation and Environmental Services
Location:  Walkerton Administration Centre Tel:  519-881-2400
kmeier@brucecounty.on.ca

Waste & Landfill

Bruce County is at one with nature; our environment is both our escape and our attraction - so protecting it and managing our impact on this treasure is our shared responsibility.