Recycling Brochure

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Glass Recycling
Glass
Only clean, clear glass is accepted. Lids
Recycling
must be removed.
Glass including:
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Food, toiletries and household products
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Jars and bottles
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Plate, flat, or window glass
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Florescent tube and compact glass bulbs
Take your recycling to:
Wainwright Regional Waste
to Energy Recycling Centre
1201 - 4 Ave. South
780-842-4051
Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm
Saturday 8 am - 4 pm
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Not Accepted Glass
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Wired glass, windshields, Malibu Rum
bottles, Corelle, Pyrex, Vision,
Corningware, fiberglass, mirrors,
ceramic bottles, dinner plates, coffee
mugs, pottery and china
RE-CYCLE
RE-USE
RE-DUCE
Wainwright
Recycling Program
Wainwright Regional Waste
to Energy Recycling Centre
1201 - 4th Avenue South
Take advantage of our community
orientated drop-off recycling program.
We now offer the convenience of
recycling most items in one location.
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Composting
Grass Clipping Pick-up
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The Public Works Department will
pickup grass clippings and garden
wastes on your regularly scheduled
garbage day from mid-May to the end of
July. In August and September pickup is
every two weeks.
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Clean grass clippings and garden
wastes must be in a CLEAR garbage bag.
Spring & Fall Clean-up
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Free pickup of yard wastes, tree limbs,
clean wood, small pieces of concrete,
sod, tires, and metals
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No refrigerators, deep freezers, air
conditioners, microwaves, washers,
dryers, dishwashers, stoves, hot water
tanks, mattresses, box springs, carpets,
paint cans, wet cell batteries,
construction material, furniture, auto
parts and televisions
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Where do I take my
refundable beverage
containers and bottles, used
motor oil and filters?
Container World Bottle Depot
740 - 1 Avenue
780-842-6466
Monday - Saturday
9 am - 5 pm
Recycle Paper, Cardboard,
Household Batteries, Glass, Cans,
Metal, Plastics and E-Waste...
Paper and Cardboard
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Batteries
Newspaper & Magazines includes:
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Clean, dry newspapers, newsprint flyers,
inserts, magazines and glossy flyers
Paper includes:
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White and
coloured
paper from
printers and
copiers,
computer
paper, bond
paper,
carbon-less
paper, index
cards, manila
and bleached
file folders, telephone books, brown
paper bags, and boxboard i.e. cereal,
potato chip and soft drink boxes
Cardboard includes:
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All corrugated cardboard. Make sure
boxes are dry and free of all unwanted
material such as food, styrofoam,
packing material paper etc...tape and
staples do not have to be removed
Batteries includes:
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Alkaline and nickel-cadium batteries
(i.e. toy and flashlight) in the following
sizes: AAA, AA, C, D,
9 volt and button
batteries
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Wet cell batteries from
cars, trucks,
motorcycles, etc...
Not Accepted Paper and
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Cardboard
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Carbon paper, blueprint paper, food
wrapping, wax paper, paper with
laminate, tissue paper, paper towel,
napkins, styro-foam egg cartons, and
fruit box liners
Plastics, Cans and Metals,
and E-Waste
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Did you know
Wainwright recycles
plastics #1, #2, #4, #5,
#6 and #7
including various
jugs and
plastic bags?
Plastics includes:
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Plastic items which are clean and rinsed
with lids removed. We accept the
following plastics (#1-7) including juice
containers, water jugs, and vinegar jugs
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Vinyl siding
Cans and Metals:
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Remove labels and wash cans
thoroughly. Re-insert lid and compress
open end to retain lid.
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Pop and beer cans, tin food cans,
aluminum pie plates, license plates,
cookie sheets and clean metals less
than 4 feet long
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Metal hangers and propane tanks
E-Waste:
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Televisions,
computers
(monitors,
keyboards,
mouse,
cables and
speakers),
printers and
printer/
scanner/fax
combination, and cell phones
Not Accepted Plastics, Cans
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and Metals
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PVC pipe, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide,
gasoline, oil, aerosol and hazardous
waste cans or containers