Other Items

Food Waste

Coffee and Tea Plastic Lids

Plant Pots and Trays (no cell packs)

Sorting GuideCorrugated Cardboard Boxes

• Flatten and tie in bundles (Max. 75 cm x 75 cm x 20 cm)

• All coffee disks and single-serve coffee pods (K-cups)

• Plastic bags and film (over wrap)

• Styrofoam packaging and peanuts

• Black plastic

• Plastic cutlery

• Baby wipes and diapers

• Dryer sheets

• Feminine hygiene products

• Toys

• Textiles

• Vacuum bags

• Window glass (boxed and sealed)

• Wrappers (foil and plastic)

• Tea bags, coffee grounds, and filters

• Corn cobs and husks • Eggs and egg shells • Grease and fat • Halloween pumpkins • Meat, fish, and bones • Nuts and shells • Pet food

Paper

Pet Waste in Green Bin

Gable Top and Tetra-pakTM Containers

FACT

Aluminum Plates and Foil

FACTOnly 26% of aluminum

plates and foil end up in the recycling

EMPTY CONTAINERS

PAPER FIBRES

ORGANICS

Soiled Paper Products

• Pizza boxes • Waxed paper • Microwave popcorn bags • Paper cups

(loose - not stacked) • Paper plates • Paper towels and tissues • Fast food drink containers

Pet Waste

GARBAGE

Rigid Plastic Packaging marked:

through(some exceptions

apply)

Spiral-wound Containers

FACTOnly 27% of used tissues and paper

toweling are going into the green

bin

Pet waste makes up a staggering 15% of

curbside garbage. Put pet waste into paper or certified compostable bags in the green bin

FACT

Potato Chips

FACTBlack plastic

goes in the garbage because optical

sorters at the recycling facility confuse this item

with the conveyor belts

FACTCoffee disks go in the garbage, even the ones labelled

as compostable or recyclable

• Paper cups• Paper plates• Soiled paper• Tissues and paper towel• Waxed cardboard• Waxed or foil-coated paper

• Black plastic• Styrofoam• Plastic bags and film• Drinking glasses • Window glass• Ceramics• Plastic toys• Wrappers (candy and chips)• Motor oil bottles• LCBO and beer bottles

DO NOT INCLUDE

• Plastic • Diapers• Cigarette butts• Feminine hygiene products• Leaf and yard waste• Vacuum bags

• Recyclable and organic materials

• Hazardous waste (medication, batteries, paint, etc.)

• Yard waste

DO NOT INCLUDE DO NOT INCLUDE DO NOT INCLUDE

Gable top milk and juice containers, Tetra-pak juice

and broth boxes go in the blue box

Paint cans (Lids removed)

Where do things go?Simply type the item, and just like magic, the Wizard will tell you

what bin it goes in, visit: simcoe.ca/wastewizard

Boxboard

Aerosol, beverage, and food cans

Glass bottles and jars • Cold wood ashes

(wet and in a compostable bag)

• Dryer lint

• Feathers and hair

Vacuum

Bag

• Plastic corks

• Cotton swabs

• Drinking pouches

• Household pet faeces

• Kitty litter (no plastic kitty litter liners)

• Hamster/guinea pig cage bedding (wood and cedar shavings)

• Newspaper from bottom of bird cages