Household Hazardous Waste
Located at the City of Thunder Bay Solid Waste & Recycling Facility, the depot is open daily during regular landfill hours and only accepts special residential waste such as:-
paint
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insecticides
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drain cleaner
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spot remover
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household batteries
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spent fluorescent tubes
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oven cleaner
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used motor oil and oil filters (limit of two 5 gallon containers of used oil at any one time)
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empty propane tanks, etc.
If the product you wish to dispose of is marked DANGER or POISON, this indicates that it is toxic, corrosive or extremely flammable. WARNING or CAUTION indicates that the product is slightly toxic. Disposal of all of these products poses a threat to the environment if not handled correctly.
Please bring hazardous waste in the original container or label all products you bring to the depot. Never mix hazardous wastes.
Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 594 KBIdentifying Hazardous Products
It isn’t always easy to identify products that are hazardous. Consumers often rely on product labels for information, and the label may not list all ingredients. The easiest way to determine if a product is potentially hazardous is if it bears any one of the following symbols or signal words such as Danger, Warning, Poison, Caution, Caustic, Irritant or Volatile. Products labelled Danger are the most hazardous and products labelled Caution are the least hazardous.
NOTE: Items labelled with these warnings pose a threat to the environment and to human and animal health. These warnings relate to acute or immediate health hazards that the products pose. They do not consider the possible long-term health hazards of exposure to the chemicals.
Under Stewardship Ontario's Orange drop program, local retailers accept many hazardous waste items for proper disposal. Visit http://www.makethedrop.ca/ for a full list of locations or "Drop Zones" and what hazardous wastes they accept.
Think BUDS
Buy only what you need
Use it all up
Divert
Safely dispose of the rest
For information on alternatives to commercial household cleaning products that you can make, contact EcoSuperior at 624-2140. Alternative products are safer for you and for the environment. There’s less packaging too!
