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Other Items: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW), Electronic Waste and Batteries
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What is Household Hazardous Waste?

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) can be found in every home and includes items that are corrosive, flammable, explosive or poisonous. Examples include batteries, cleaners, medications, needles, paints, motor oil, chemicals, grease, fertilizers and more. These items are not collected with your household waste.
 
Hazardous material must be disposed of safely and never placed in the garbage, poured down the drain, toilet, sink or outdoor sewer grate.  
 
Electronic waste like broken cellphones, laptops and printers also contain hazardous materials and should never be thrown in the garbage.
 
Improper disposal of HHW has negative effects on our environment and can be harmful to humans and animals. 

Disposal Options

Vaughan Public Resource Libraries (Bathurst Clark Resource Library, Pierre Burton Resource Library & Civic Centre Resource Library)
  • Batteries
  • Cellphones - staff can provide a pre-paid envelope you can use to mail your cellphone to Phone It Forward - a program that repurposes smartphones for people with sight loss who need them.
York Region Community Environmental Centre -130 McCleary Court (limits and fees apply)
  • Household Hazardous Waste (paint, aerosols, medication)
  • Batteries
  • Electronic Waste (cellphones, printers, computers) 
For a full list of Waste Depot locations and hours of operation, please visit york.ca/WasteDepots

Not sure if your item is considered hazardous or e-waste? Use the What Goes Where? waste sorting tool to find out where and how to properly dispose of an item.
Hazardous Waste examples of a printer, cellphones, paint can spilled.
 

 


 

 Contact Information

 
Environmental Services

Phone: 905-832-2281
 
Email: service@vaughan.ca

Location:
 
Joint Operations Centre
2800 Rutherford Rd.

Vaughan, ON 
L4K 2N9

 

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 Related Links

 
  • Collection schedule
  • Curbside Giveaway Days
  • First new homeowners - pre-purchased bins
  • Garbage, large and bulky items
  • Green bin organics
  • Keep Vaughan litter-free
  • Leaf and yard waste
  • Multi-residential waste
  • Purchasing bins and tags
  • Vaughan's waste reduction commitment
  • What goes where? Waste sorting tool
 

 Additional Resources

 
  • Waste Collection Bylaw 135-2017 (PDF)
  • York Region Garbage and Recycling

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