Household Hazardous Waste Occasion to Take Place this Saturday, September 13

The sixth of eight Household Hazardous Waste Day occasions of 2025 is that this Saturday, September 13! The occasion can be held on the Owen Sound Public Works Facility (1900 twentieth Street East) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.   

The remaining schedule of Household Hazardous Waste Days in 2025 consists of the next Saturdays: October 4, and October 25. 

When attending the occasions, and to assist hold the road transferring as shortly as potential, residents are requested to convey legitimate ID indicating that their house deal with is in one in all the taking part municipalities listed under and produce a filled-out Household Hazardous Waste Form. The kind could be printed at house and is accessible on the City’s web site at OwenSound.ca/WasteForm. 

This very talked-about program is open to residents from the next taking part companion municipalities: 

A full listing of accepted supplies is obtainable at OwenSound.ca/Waste. Please be aware that the next shouldn’t be accepted: 

Residents are reminded that improperly contained waste, equivalent to compromised containers, lacking lids, and leaking supplies, ought to by no means be transported. They pose a well being and security danger and won’t be accepted. Before bringing the unique container to the location, safely place it in a clear, labelled container. 

Hazardous waste from industrial, industrial or farm operations can’t be accepted. 

Have gadgets to dispose of out of doors of Household Hazardous Waste occasions? 

Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority’s (RPRA’s) ‘Where to Recycle’ map shows places throughout Ontario the place you may drop off used supplies to be recycled, such as batteries, electronics, family hazardous waste, lighting, and tires, without spending a dime. Materials collected at these places are reused, refurbished, recycled, or correctly disposed of to assist hold them out of landfills, get well worthwhile assets, and defend our surroundings. Just add your location, the gap you might be prepared to journey, and the kind of fabric you’d wish to recycle.  
 

For extra data, please contact Heidi Jennen, Supervisor of Environmental Services at 519-376-4440 ext. 3223 or e mail hjennen@owensound.ca