Blue Box Recycling

Clear or Coloured Glass Food & Beverage Bottles & Jars

All items need to be empty, rinsed and clean.
Acceptable Items

Ensure all containers are cleaned

  • Bottles
  • Jars
  • Mason Jars
Unacceptable Items

Put these items in the Garbage

  • Drinking glasses
  • Glass or Ceramic Dishes & Mugs
  • Window Panes
  • Light Bulbs
  • Mirrors
  • Ceramics
  • Picture frames

Metal Cans

All items need to be empty, rinsed and clean.
Acceptable Items

Ensure all containers are cleaned

  • Aluminum Cans
  • Tin Cans
  • Steel Cans
  • Aluminum Pie Plates and Trays
  • Foil Wrap (no foil with paper or plastic laminate)
  • Metal Lids
  • Open and empty/clean paint cans (no plastic with metal tops and/or bottoms or handles)
Unacceptable Items

Put these items in the Garbage

  • Paper Cans with Metal Ends
  • Car parts
  • Small or large appliances
  • Electronics
  • Metal strapping
  • Hangers
  • Oil containers

Plastics

All items need to be empty, rinsed and clean.
Acceptable Items

Ensure all containers are cleaned

  • Bottles
  • Jars
  • Tubs & Lids
  • Milk Jugs/Containers
Unacceptable Items

Put these items in the Garbage

  • "To-Go" Containers
  • Fruit & Vegetable Containers
  • Film Plastic
  • Plastic Bags
  • Solar blankets
  • Storage Totes
  • Styrofoam, sponge foam
  • Plastic strapping
  • Toys
  • Piping
  • Toolboxes
  • Clamshells
  • Flower pots
  • Hangers
  • Rigid Packaging
  • Laundry Baskets
  • Diapers
  • Bubble Wrap
  • Black Plastic

Guide for Acceptable Plastics

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Polyethyleneterephthalate

Soda Bottles, Water Bottles, Shampoo Bottles, Mouthwash Bottles

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High Density Polyethylene

Milk, Water and Juice Jugs, Detergent Bottles, Yogurt and Margarine Tubs

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Polypropylene

Ketchup bottles, Yogurt and Margarine Tubs

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Other

3 & 5 Gallon Water Bottles

Guide for Unacceptable Plastics

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Vinyl

Clear Food Packaging

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Low Density Polyethylene

Bread Bags, Frozen Food Bags, Squeezable Bottles

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Polysstyrene

Meat Trays, Egg Cartons, Cups, Plates

Paper & Cardboard

Acceptable Items
  • Newspapers, Flyers & Junk Mail
  • Corrugated Cardboard
  • Boxboard
  • Cereal & Cracker Boxes
  • Moving/Appliance Boxes
  • Magazines, Envelopes & Printer Paper
Unacceptable Items

Put these items in the Garbage

  • Dirty Wet Cardboard
  • Paper Milk & Juice Cartons
  • Styrofoam
  • Gift Wrapping Paper
  • Paper Coffee Cups
  • Compost

Curbside RECYCLING

The contractor is not required to collect any materials in a blue box which are overly contaminated with food residue or where there is a health risk to the collector (e.g. broken glass, hazardous materials, and bee or wasp problems). The non-collectable material will be left in the blue box with a courtesy tag explaining why it was not picked up.

Get In Touch

Township of Lanark Highlands
75 George Street
Lanark, ON K0G 1K0

Public Works Administrative Assistant
Phone: 613-259-2398 ext. 242
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Miller Waste

  • residential recyclables

Phone: 1-888-852-2374
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Staff Directory

Phone: 613-259-2398
Fax: 613-259-2291

Office Hours

Monday to Friday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Office Location

75 George Street, PO Box 340
Lanark, ON K0G 1K0
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