How to Recycle Household Hazardous Waste in Canada
Recycling household hazardous waste in Canada depends on where you live and the type of material. This guide explains what is accepted, how to prepare it, and where to drop it off.
Can household hazardous waste be recycled?
Household Hazardous Waste is only recyclable through specialized programmes or drop-off locations. Check local guidelines before dropping it off.
Pesticides, solvents, cleaners, propane tanks and flammable liquids require special disposal events or permanent depots.
Preparation tips
Keep products in original containers, never mix, and transport sealed in your trunk.
Why recycling household hazardous waste matters
Diverting household hazardous waste from landfills reduces environmental impact, conserves raw materials, and supports Canada's circular economy. Many provinces have extended producer responsibility programmes that make recycling convenient and often free.
Cities with Household Hazardous Waste drop-off
Below are Canadian cities with locations that accept household hazardous waste. Click a city to see addresses, hours and materials accepted.
100 Mile House
BC
70 Mile House
BC
Abbotsford
BC
Agassiz
BC
Aguanish
QC
Airdrie
AB
Ajax
ON
Aldergrove
BC
Alert Bay
BC
Alexandria
ON
Algonquin Highlands
ON
Alhambra
AB
Alliance
AB
Alliston
ON
Altona
BC
Amos
QC
Apsley
ON
Arborg
MB
Ardmore
AB
Area P (Rivers and the Peaks)
BC
Armstrong
BC
Ashcroft
BC
Ashern
MB
Ashmont
AB
Athabasca
AB
Augusta
ON
Baie-Comeau
QC
Banff
AB
Barrie
ON
Barrie
ON
Bassano
AB
Beaver County
AB
Beaverdell
BC
Bella Bella
BC
Bella Coola
BC
Belleville
ON
Belleville
ON
Bellis
AB
Belwood
ON
Bergeronnes
QC
Bewdley
ON
Big Lakes County
AB
Big Valley
AB
Blackfalds
AB
Blue River
BC
Bolton
ON
Bonnyville
AB
Botha
AB
Bourget
ON
Bowen Island Municipality
BC
Boyle
AB
Bracebridge
ON
Bradford
ON
Bragg Creek
AB
Brampton
ON
Brandon
MB
Brantford
ON
Brentwood
BC
Bridgenorth
ON
Brighton
ON
Brockville
ON
Brooks
AB
Brule
AB
Bryson
QC
Buckhorn
ON
Burks Falls
ON
Burlington
ON
Burnaby
BC
Burns Lake
BC
Byemoor
AB
Cache Creek
BC
Cadomin
AB
Caledon
ON
Calgary
AB
Cambridge
ON
Cameron
ON
Campbell River
BC
Canmore
AB
Cannington
ON
Carleton Place
ON
Caroline
AB
Carseland
AB
Cartwright
MB
Cassidy
BC
Castlegar
BC
Castor
AB
Cherhill
AB
Chetwynd
BC
Chilliwack
BC
Chisholm
ON
City of Langley
BC
Clandonald
AB
Clarington
ON
Clarksburg
ON
Clearwater
BC
Clinton
BC
Cloyne
ON
Cluny
AB
Coaldale
AB
Coaticook
QC
Cobble Hill
BC
Cobourg
ON
Cochrane
AB
Cold Lake
AB
Collingwood
ON
Colombier
QC
Concord
ON
Condor
AB
Conklin
AB
Contrecoeur
QC
Coombs
BC
Coquitlam
BC
Cornwall
ON
Coronation
AB
Coteau-du-Lac
QC
County of Grande Prairie
AB
County of Two Hills No. 21
AB
County of Vermilion River
AB
Courtenay
BC
Cranbrook
BC
Creston
BC
Cumberland
BC
Cypress County
AB
Dartmouth
NS
Darwell
AB
Dauphin
MB
Dawson Creek
BC
Daysland
AB
DeBolt
AB
Deep River
ON
Deloraine
MB
Delson
QC
Delta
BC
Demmitt
AB
Denman Island
BC
Derwent
AB
Devon
AB
Didsbury
AB
Donalda
AB
Dorset
ON
Drumheller
AB
Drummondville
QC
Duncan
BC
Dundalk
ON
Dundas
ON
Dwight
ON
East Gwillimbury
ON
East York
ON
East. St. Paul
MB
Edgar
ON
Edmonton
AB
Edson
AB
Eganville
ON
Elk Point
AB
Elkford
BC
Elm Creek
MB
Elmworth
AB
Emsdale
ON
Enderby
BC
Entrance
AB
Eriksdale
MB
Erskine
AB
Escoumins
QC
Essex
ON
Essipit
QC
Etobicoke
ON
Everett
ON
Exeter
ON
Fairview
AB
Falcon Lake
MB
Fernie
BC
Flatbrush
AB
Flin Flon
MB
Foothills County
AB
Forestburg
AB
Forestville
QC
Fort Erie
ON
Fort Frances
ON
Fort McMurray
AB
Fort Nelson
BC
Fort Qu'Appelle
SK
Fort Saskatchewan
AB
Fort St. James
BC
Fort St. John
BC
Fournier
ON
Fox Creek
AB
Fraser Lake
BC
Gabriola
BC
Gadsby
AB
Garson
ON
Georgetown
ON
Georgina
ON
Gibsons
BC
Gimli
MB
Gleichen
AB
Gloucester
ON
Gloucester
ON
Goderich
ON
Gold River
BC
Golden
BC
Goodridge
AB
Gore
QC
Grand Forks
BC
Grande Cache
AB
Grande Prairie
AB
Gravenhurst
ON
Greenwood
BC
Grouard
AB
Grovedale
AB
Guelph
ON
Hairy Hill
AB
Haliburton
ON
Halkirk
AB
Hall's Glen
ON
Hamilton
ON
Hamilton
ON
Hanover
ON
Hanover
ON
Hardisty
AB
Hartney
MB
Hattonford
AB
Havelock
ON
Havre-aux-Maisons
QC
Heart River
AB
Hilda Lake
AB
Hillcrest
AB
Hinton
AB
Holland
MB
Holmesville
ON
Hope
BC
Horn Hill
AB
Hornby Island
BC
Houston
BC
Huntsville
ON
Hussar
AB
Invermere
BC
Iron Springs
AB
Irricana
AB
Janvier
AB
Jasper
AB
Joussard
AB
Kamloops
BC
Kanata
ON
Kapasiwin
AB
Kaslo
BC
Kebaowek
QC
Keene
ON
Kelowna
BC
Kemptville
ON
Kenora
ON
Keremeos
BC
Keswick
ON
Killaloe
ON
Kimberley
BC
Kincardine
ON
Kingston
ON
Kingsville
ON
Kinqston
ON
Kitchener
ON
Kitimat
BC
Kitscoty
AB
L'Orignal
ON
La Corey
AB
La Guadeloupe
QC
La Pocatière
QC
Lac Du Bonnet
MB
Lac Ste Anne County
AB
Lac- Beauport
QC
Lac-Mégantic
QC
Lacombe
AB
Ladysmith
BC
Ladysmith
QC
Lafond
AB
Lake Cowichan
BC
Langdon
AB
Langford
BC
Langley
BC
Lantier
QC
Lax Kw'alaams
BC
Leduc
AB
Les Bergeronnes
QC
Les Escoumins
QC
Leslieville
AB
Lethbridge County
AB
Libau
MB
Lillooet
BC
Limoges
ON
Lindbrook
AB
Lindsay
ON
Listowel
ON
Little Smoky
AB
Logan Lake
BC
London
ON
London
ON
Long Lake
AB
Longue-Rive
QC
Longueuil
QC
Lorette
MB
Loretto
ON
Louis Creek
BC
Lower Nicola
BC
Lytton
BC
Lévis
QC
MacGregor
MB
Mackay
AB
Madeira Park
BC
Magog
QC
Malartic
QC
Mallaig
AB
Manseau
QC
Maple Ridge
BC
Mapleton Twp.
ON
Marathon
ON
Markham
ON
Marlboro
AB
Marten Beach
AB
Marwayne
AB
Masset
BC
Massey
ON
Matane
QC
Mayerthorpe
AB
Meadow Lake
SK
Meleb
MB
Merritt
BC
Midland
ON
Mill Bay
BC
Milton
ON
Minden
ON
Minto
ON
Minto-Odanah
MB
Mirabel
QC
Mission
BC
Missisauga
ON
Mississauga
ON
Mississippi
ON
Mitchell
ON
Montrose
BC
Montréal
QC
Moosehorn
MB
Morden
MB
Mount Currie
BC
Mount Pleasant
ON
Muriel Lake
AB
Muskoka
ON
Nanaimo
BC
Nelson
BC
Nepean
ON
New Fish Creek
AB
New Hazelton
BC
New Westminster
BC
Newbury
ON
Newmarket
ON
Newmarket
ON
Niagara Falls
ON
Nicolet
QC
Niton
AB
Nobleford
AB
Nordegg
AB
North Battleford
SK
North Bay
ON
North Dundas
ON
North Perth
ON
North Vancouver
BC
North York
ON
Oakville
ON
Obed
AB
Okanagan Falls
BC
Okotoks
AB
Oliver
BC
Onanole
MB
Onoway
AB
Orangeville
ON
Orford
QC
Orillia
ON
Oshawa
ON
Osoyoos
BC
Ottawa
ON
Otter Lake
QC
Owen Sound
ON
Paradise Valley
AB
Paris
ON
Parkcourt
AB
Parkland County
AB
Parksville
BC
Parry Sound
ON
Peers
AB
Pemberton
BC
Pembroke
ON
Pembroke
ON
Pender Island
BC
Penticton
BC
Peterborough
ON
Pickering
ON
Pickering
ON
Picture Butte
AB
Pierreville
QC
Pilot Mound
MB
Pinawa
MB
Pinedale
AB
Pioneer
AB
Plevna
ON
Ponoka
AB
Port Alberni
BC
Port Clements
BC
Port Colborne
ON
Port Coquitlam
BC
Port Elgin
ON
Port Hardy
BC
Port McNeill
BC
Port Perry
ON
Port-Cartier
QC
Portage la Prairie
MB
Portneuf-sur-Mer
QC
Powell River
BC
Preston
AB
Prince George
BC
Prince Rupert
BC
Princeton
BC
Pritchard
BC
Provost
AB
Puslinch
ON
Quatsino
BC
Quebec
QC
Queen Charlotte Village
BC
Quesnel
BC
Québec
QC
Radium
BC
Raymond
AB
Red Deer
AB
Redwater
AB
Regina
SK
Renfrew
ON
Revelstoke
BC
Rich Valley
AB
Richmond
BC
Richmond Hill
ON
Richmond Hill
ON
Rimouski
QC
Riverstown
ON
Rivière du-loup
QC
Rivière-Ouelle
QC
Rivière-Rouge
QC
Robb
AB
Rochfort Bridge
AB
Rocky Mountain House
AB
Rocky View County
AB
Rockyford
AB
Rosebud
AB
Saanichton
BC
Sacre-Coeur
QC
Sacré coeur
QC
Saguenay
QC
Saint- Odilon- De - Cranbourne
QC
Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
QC
Saint-Basile-Le-Grand
QC
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
QC
Saint-Georges de Beauce
QC
Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup
QC
Saint-Hyacinthe
QC
Saint-Jean-de-Matha
QC
Saint-Jérôme
QC
Saint-Pascal
QC
Saint-Perpétue
QC
Saint-Sauveur
QC
Saint-Thomas
QC
Saint-Victor
QC
Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval
QC
Saint-fulgence
QC
Sainte-Adèle
QC
Sainte-Béatrix
QC
Sainte-Eulalie
QC
Salford
ON
Salmo
BC
Salmon Arm
BC
Salt Spring Island
BC
Saltspring Island
BC
Sangudo
AB
Sarnia
ON
Saskatoon
SK
Sault Ste Marie
ON
Sault Ste. Marie
ON
Sayward
BC
Scarborough
ON
Sechelt
BC
Sedgewick
AB
Selkirk
MB
Shalath
BC
Sherwood Park
AB
Sicamous
BC
Sidney
BC
Simcoe
ON
Slave Lake
AB
Smith
AB
Smith Falls
ON
Smithers
BC
Smoky Lake
AB
Sointula
BC
Sooke
BC
Sorel-Tracy
QC
South Slocan
BC
South Surrey
BC
Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area
BC
Southgate
ON
Sparwood
BC
Spedden
AB
Spruce Grove
AB
Squamish
BC
St Albert
AB
St Catharines
ON
St Odilon
QC
St Thomas
ON
St Victor
QC
St- Zénon
QC
St. Andrews
MB
St. Catharines
ON
St. Catherines
ON
St. Edouard
AB
St. Laurent
MB
St. Lina
AB
St. Marys
ON
St. Thomas
ON
Standard
AB
Stayner
ON
Steinbach
MB
Stettler
AB
Stewart
BC
Stittsville
ON
Stonewall
MB
Stoney Creek
ON
Stony Plain
AB
Stratford
ON
Strathmore
AB
Strathroy
ON
Sturgeon County
AB
Sturgeon Heights
AB
Sudbury
ON
Summerland
BC
Sundre
AB
Sunset House
AB
Surrey
BC
Swan Valley West
MB
Sydenham
ON
Sylvan Lake
AB
Taber
AB
Tadoussac
QC
Teepee Creek
AB
Terrace
BC
Teulon
MB
Therien
AB
Thetford Mines
QC
Thompson
MB
Thorhild
AB
Thorold
ON
Thunder Bay
ON
Tillsonburg
ON
Timmins
ON
Tofield
AB
Tomahawk
AB
Toronto
ON
Toronto
ON
Town of Erin
ON
Town of St Paul
AB
Township of Langley
BC
Trail
BC
Treherne
MB
Trenton
ON
Trochu
AB
Tulliby
AB
Tumbler Ridge
BC
Two Hills
AB
Ty-Histanis
BC
Ucluelet
BC
Valemount
BC
Vancouver
BC
Vanderhoof
BC
Vaudreuil-Dorion
QC
Vaughan
ON
Vegreville
AB
Vernon
BC
Verona
ON
Victoria
BC
View Royal
BC
Viking
AB
Vilna
AB
Vincent Lake
AB
Virden
MB
Walkerton
ON
Warner County 5
AB
Warren
ON
Wasaga Beach
ON
Waskada
MB
Waskatenau
AB
Water Valley
AB
Waterloo
ON
Welland
ON
West Guilford
ON
West Kelowna
BC
West Lincoln
ON
West Vancouver
BC
Westbank
BC
Westlock
AB
Wetaskiwin
AB
Whistler
BC
Whitemouth
MB
Whitney Lake
AB
Wildwood
AB
Williams Lake
BC
Willingdon
AB
Windsor
ON
Winkler
MB
Winnipeg
MB
Woodbridge
ON
Woodlands
MB
Woodstock
ON
Woodstock
ON
Woss
BC
Yellowhead County
AB
York
ON
Yorkton
SK
Frequently asked questions
Can I put household hazardous waste in my curbside recycling bin?
It depends on your municipality and the type of household hazardous waste. Use our city and material pages to find accepted curbside items and nearby drop-off locations.
Do I need to pay to recycle household hazardous waste?
Many recycling programmes in Canada accept household hazardous waste for free, especially when covered by extended producer responsibility programmes. Some landfills or private facilities may charge for certain items.
How do I prepare household hazardous waste for recycling?
Common preparation steps include rinsing, flattening, removing food residue, and separating different material types. Check the preparation tips above for specific guidance.