Recycling Opportunities
Recycling Opportunities
Please help reduce the amount of reusable stuff going into landfills!
The City of Ottawa’s “Take It Back!” Guide can be obtained at , by calling 613-580-2400, or at your public library. It includes recycling opportunities beyond the blue and black boxes, including automotive, electrical, electronics/computers, garden, health (needles, medications), hazardous waste, scrap metal, computer, batteries, fluorescent and other light bulbs/fixtures, batteries, microwave ovens, stereos & VCRs, eyeglasses, paint, plastic grocery bags, Styrofoam, barbeques, books, bicycles, building supplies, clothing, cereal boxes, dishes, egg cartons, scrap fabric, fur coats, furniture, glass jars & lids, clean plastic tubs & lids, plastic water bottles, sheets, blankets, towels, shoes, toys, typewriters, vacuums, varnish.
The City staff is also helpful if you call 311 and ask about where and how to recycle specific items.
The Beer Strore
Did you know that it is not just bottles that can be recycled at the Beer Store? They also take back beer bottle caps and wine corks.
Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing
Bernie Simpson, 819-827-4378
Michelle Lee, 819-459-2799 evenings (Wakefield)
Can make arrangements for pick-up or drop-off of ski gear.
Canadian Diabetes Association
diabetes.ca
1460 Cyrville Rd., Gloucester, 613-746-4633; “Clothesline”: 1-800-505-5525
They accept clothing, linen, towels, toys, draperies, dishes, furniture, knick-knacks, tools, jewelry, cell phones and PDAs.
Will pick up or you can drop it off.
CARE Canada
care.ca - click on Tools
Dario Tamayo, P.Eng.
Toronto: 416-585-5050, toll free: 1-800-567-6271
Machine Shop and other tools
Consignment World
1500 Bank St. (Blue Heron Mall), 613-739-1500
For clothes, furniture & household items
Habitat ReStore (Habitat for Humanity)
# 170, 2370 Walkley Road (near St.Laurent), 613-744-7769
7 Enterprise Avenue (West End), 613-225-8400
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Weekdays: 8:30 – 5:00, Sat. 9:00 – 4:00
Accepts quality new and used building, home renovation and home decor products.
Free pickup for large materials.
Also takes donations of empty pop and beer CANS.
Heartwood House
heartwoodhouse.ca
153 Chapel (at Rideau). Phone: 613-241-5937
Hours: Mon, Tues, & Fri. 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Wed. & Thurs. 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
A charitable organization which accepts working or not-working electronic equipment of all kinds and recycles it – speakers, radios, tvs, computers, answering machines, phones, VHS players, printers, etc.
No pickups but they will help take things out of your car.
Hewlett Packard
hp.ca/recycle
HP will pick up electronics and ensure that the materials are recycled in Canada (rather than shipped to Asia and handled in an un-environmentally friendly way.)
HOPE Services
310 Montreal Rd, Vanier, 613-745-2930
They will pick up furniture, clothing, and household items
MailBoxes Etc.
Takes new Styrofoam for recycling (check before dropping stuff off)
MG Recycling
613-875-0628
Best price in town to take away old appliances, TVs, cars, metal junk
Neighbourhood Services, GoodWill
1071 Richmond Rd. @ New Orchard ( 1 block west of Woodroffe)
Mon. – Fri. 9:00 – 5:00 Sat. 9:00 – 4:00
They take furniture and clothing.
Donation boxes. Information and pickup: 613-728-3737
Drop-off should be done during the day.
Ottawa Food Bank
theottawafoodbank.ca
1317B Michael Street, 613-745-7001, foodbank@theottawafoodbank.ca
They accept & recycle old cell phones and inkjet cartridges
Ottawa Freecycle
group/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa
To give things away or get things free.
Reuben Fine, formerly Fine’s Flowers
613-292-1071
Buys collectables – records, old tools, locks, keys, military, antique furniture, art glass, china, crystal, silver, clocks, cameras, art, books, costume jewelry, pens, linens, lamps, lighting fixtures, old telephones. Anything interesting.
Salvation Army
salvationarmy.ca
Donation Pickup Service – 613-247-1348
Thrift Stores: 2659 Alta Vista Drive 613-523-9059
310 Moodie Dr. 613-726-8891
1322 Carling Av., 613-728-2145
1490 Richmond Rd. 613-726-7136
1558 Merivale Rd. 613-225-4521
4025 Innes Rd. 613-830-2783
333 Montreal Rd. 613-842-3938
2339 Ogilvie Rd. 613-745-2881
Shepherds of Good Hope
233 Murray, 613-789-8210
Shepherds Clothing Program, 256 King Edward Ave., 613-789-9298
Also accept blankets and toiletries.
St. Vincent de Paul
ssvp.on.ca
1273 Wellington St., 613-722-7166
They take furniture, clothes, shoes, and housewares
Also take magazines for resale (a great way to share the trees that have been cut down),
Tech Reuse
1040 Somerset St. West. Tel.: 613-264-8988 ext. 112
Accept donations of reuseable computer equipment
May provide charitable tax receipt
Tim's Used Sports Equipment
1280 Wellington St. W. (Westboro, across from Bridgehead & St.Vincent de Paul), 613-729-9005
Buys, sells & trades sports equipment.
Total Home Consignment
1860 Bank St. (Bank & Walkley, behind the Beer Store), 613-746-5004
Consignment of new & gently used home furnishings is a convenient, time saving, and safe alternative to the traditional sale of used goods through newspapers or garage sales.
Also a great place to buy these items!
Batteries
– Ottawa City Hall will take back all types of batteries - just drop them off at the information desk.
– Rechargeable batteries can be recycled at many businesses in the city. Visit the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Company at and click on "RECYCLE NOW" to find out where you can leave them.
Cellphones
– Québec Girl Guides have drop-off centres in major shopping centres (Feb. 2005)
– Used cellphones can be recycled at many businesses in the city. Visit the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Company at and click on "RECYCLE NOW" to find out where you can leave them.
Elastic bands
The Canada Post mail carrier will take back any elastic bands
Printer inkjet and laser cartridges
GECom Internet Café, 5 Arlington & Bank, gecom.ca
613-236-4720, gecom@gecom.ca
Ink refills: Black $15, Colour $19.
Hostelling International, 75 Nicolas St., 613-234-3256
Ink cartridge recycling (check if your model # is accepted.)
InkBank Cartridge recylcing program: 1-866 446-5226
Printwell at St. Laurent Shopping Centre, 744-2001, and in Billings Bridge (upper level)
To SELL THINGS:
Top Web Sites:
1. or
2. bargainhunter.ca
3. kijiji.ca
Free web page:
Ottawa Pennysaver, , 613-733-4099, Fax.: 613-733-7107
6 Antares Dr., Phase III, P.O. Box 9729, Stn.T, Ottawa K1G 5H7
iSell.ca - free classified ads, also they publish a bi-weekly booklet format
Consignment:
reruns- 613-596-4141
Cedar Trees: Cedar Recycled – You Trim, You Call, They Pick Up, 819-771-3446
The recycling of cedar branches produces mulch that is available to you at no charge.
DID YOU KNOW ?
– More than 140,000 tonnes of electronic equipment accumulate in Canadian landfills each year.
– In 2002, Canadians disposed of 157,000 metric tonnes of electronic waste and only 9,000 tonnes were recycled.
– Some major electronic manufacturers, such as HP Canada, offer recycling programs to divert old computer and printing equipment from landfills and reduce e-waste (see web site above).
– Some items cannot be recycled, so steer clear. Examples are:
• shiny plastic gift wrap (consider using fabric bags instead: you can buy these cheaply at a dollar store and use them for years);
• the clamshell containers used to package strawberries, baked goods, etc.
• styrofoam packaging in general.
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