November 2014
- Community Clean-Up Day is usually in April. This annual event allows you to join thousands of Toronto residents who have chosen to help clean up a public area important to them. This may be a local street, park or riverbank. Go to toronto.ca/litter to register yourself or a group and to schedule a litter bag pick-up.
- Report a Litter Hot Spot. These are unusually dirty public spaces, illegally dumped garbage or overflowing bins. Call 311 or go to toronto.ca/311.
- It is illegal to dump household garbage in City bins.
- Plastic over-wrap from cardboard flats of soft drinks and bottled water, flyers, magazines and telephone books cannot be recycled. They should be put in the garbage.
- Do not bag your recycling. Bagged recycling is considered garbage and will not be recycled.
- Coffee cup pod/disc products are not recyclable.
- Batteries, CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps), batteries and propane tanks are hazardous waste products that do not go in garbage or recycling. Many condo buildings have a disposal area for these items.
- Do not pour oils or grease down the drain or toilet.
- Before placing in recycling bins: Flatten cardboard boxes and cartons; Rinse containers
- Collect electronic waste separately from other items.
