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What Can I Drop?

What Can I Drop?

Learn about the five materials that are included in the Orange Drop Program. Find out where you can Make the Drop and why it’s so important to dispose of your household wastes responsibly.

Where to drop off your hazardous materials

There are many drop sites throughout Ontario accepting hazardous or special waste:

  • 200 return-to-retail locations (batteries)
  • 87 municipal household hazardous waste depots
  • Over 2,500 battery drop-off locations
  • 85 provincial parks where non-refillable propane cylinders are collected from campers
  • Nearly 600 automotive DIY drop-off sites (antifreeze, oil containers and oil filters)
  • 10,000 + automotive service centre locations (antifreeze, oil containers and oil filters) for commercial users
  • 300 + annual collection events

 

What
Happens to
my Waste?

The Orange Drop program safely manages five materials to end-of-life, diverting harmful substances from landfill and waterways. Many of the materials collected through the Orange Drop Program, such as pressurized containers and batteries are reprocessed, refurbished or reused to make new products—easing the demand for energy and virgin resources.

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Event Calendar

City of Toronto – Thompson Memorial Park
Thompson Memorial Park 1005 Brimley Road Toronto M1P 3E8 Canada
September 12, 2019 4 - 8 p.m.

Dorset – Ridout Ward Transfer Station
Ridout Ward Transfer Station 21909 Ontario 35 Dorset P0A 1E0 Canada
June 22, 2019 1pm - 5pm

Dwight Transfer Station
Dwight Transfer Station 1020 Oxtongue Rapids Park Road Dwight P0A 1H0 Canada
July 18, 2019 9am - 2pm

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About Us

The five materials in the Orange Drop program are managed by Stewardship Ontario (batteries & pressurized containers) and Automotive Materials Stewardship (antifreeze, oil containers and oil filters).

Stewardship Ontario and Automotive Materials Stewardship are both not-for-profit organizations funded and governed by the industries that are the brand owners, first importers or franchisors of the products and packaging materials managed under our recycling programs.

At Orange Drop, we strive to find new ways to turn today’s waste into tomorrow’s consumer products.

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Blog

August Conest: Where does the material go?
Blog Post

August 2, 2019 - Orange Drop has launched a contest open to Ontario residents, running from August 2 to August 31, 2019. The prize is one pair of two (2) tickets to a Toronto Blue Jays game; 1 winner total. Participants can enter either on Facebook or Twitter. On Facebook, participants must enter the correct answer in the Facebook Contest Form. On Twitter, participants must tweet reply the correct answer to the Orange Drop trivia question Visit our Facebook page or Twitter page to find the post. The rules and regulations for the contest are accessible here.

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