Recycling 
The following information is provided for curbside blue box recycling. It should help you organize the many materials that are recycled in our program. Remember — not all the materials need to go inside the box — some materials can be bundled and placed beside the box — see below! Watch a video demonstration.
Check out the Recycling Statistics to see how much material has been recycled to date.
Beside Your Blue Box |
Inside Your Blue Box |
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Boxboard & Mixed Paper
Flatten and stuff boxboard and mixed household paper into a larger boxboard box. Boxboard includes cereal, drink boxes, shoe and detergent boxes as well as rinsed milk and juice cartons. Mixed paper includes junk mail, office paper, paper bags, sugar & flour bags, cardboard tubes, books (hardcover & paperback), egg cartons and other clean paper packaging. No tissue, paper towel or laminated paper. Do not put paper loose in blue box. Clean Plastic Bags Stuff clean, dry plastic bags into a plastic bag and tie handles. Include rinsed milk pouches, grocery, bread, dry cleaning, frozen vegetable and blue newspaper bags as well as outer wrapper from toilet and hand tissues. Remove food residue, stickers and receipts. No meat, cheese or stretch wrap, cereal box liners or chip bags. Corrugated Cardboard Flatten and bundle corrugated cardboard boxes into a maximum size of 30” x 30” x 8” bundles. Only broken down and bundled boxes will be collected. No waxed boxes, soiled pizza boxes or pickup from businesses and institutions. Newspapers and Magazines Place newspapers, inserts, phone books, magazines and catalogues in a plastic bag next to your blue box. No soiled newspapers. Separate boxboard and mixed paper and do not mix with newspaper and magazines. |
Metal Cans & Foil
Rinse cans. Place lids in a can, pinch closed and put loose in your blue box. Do not put aluminum cans inside tin ones. Include clean aluminum foil and pie plates. Flattened cans save space! No pots, cigarette or butter wrappers or scrap metal. Avoid putting pop cans inside other cans. Aerosols and Paint Cans Make sure metal containers are empty. Take lids off the paint cans to let them dry, and place in the Blue Box — don’t bag them. No containers with product, paint cans larger than 4 litres (1 gallon), plastic paint cans, propane cylinders or other hazardous waste. Rigid and Foam Plastic Containers Discard tops and rinse containers for soft drinks, detergents, juice, bleach, shampoo, dairy products as well as clear and foam plastic cups, trays and packaging. Flatten soft drink containers and replace lids. All plastics with the numbers 1 to 6 on the bottom are OK. No blister or bubblepacks, prescription bottles or toys. Glass Bottles and Jars Remove and rinse caps and lids. Metal lids can be recycled with cans. Leave loose in the Blue Box. Don’t bag them. No other types of glass such as kitchenware, ceramics, dishes, drinking glasses, window glass, light bulbs or mirrors. |
Here are a few more tips to help make the program run smoothly:
- "Double up" your blue box with your neighbours so the truck doesn’t need to stop so often. Keep recyclables well way from garbage.
- Landfill sites and larger apartments have a recycling depot with separate bins for different materials. Please use the correct bins.
- Label your blue box so it doesn’t go missing!
- Set out your full Blue Box at the curb before 7:00 am.
- Collection is as usual on Statutory Holidays, except Good Friday, Christmas and New Year's Day. Watch local media for details.
- To purchase a Blue Box, check with your local municipality or phone Quinte Waste Solutions at 394-6266
- Textiles are not recyclable in our program so please do not set out for the recycling driver to pick up !
- If you have a large quantity of recycling that would be too much for the driver you can bring it to our depot located at 270 West St. Trenton. The depot is open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm and 9am-4pm on statutory holidays.
The Bigger Blue Box!
Does your place of work have recycling needs larger than what the blue box can handle? Check out the IC&I Recycling Program.
Still Have Questions?
Check out our listing of frequently asked questions or e-mail us with your questions/comments at info@quinterecycling.org
