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New Curbside Recycling Program
Starting June 1, 2010, Perth’s Curbside Recycling Program is expanding and switching to an Alternate Week Fibre/Container program. Residents will get a new YellowBox, together with a new collection calendar and information brochure. Here’s how the program works:
Week One - Fibres in your BlueBox
Put all of your newspaper, boxboard, and cardboard in or beside your BlueBox (cardboard must be flattened, bundled and left next to your BlueBox).
Week Two – Containers in your YellowBox
Put all of your steel and aluminum cans, glass food and beverage containers, narrow neck plastic bottles (#1 and #2), and aluminum foil and trays and empty paint cans.
AND NOW you can also include:
- Milk and juice gable end cartons
- Juice and drinking boxes (e.g. “tetrapaks”)
- Wide mouth plastic dairy containers (#5 and #6)
But please, NO:
- plastic bags
- plant trays
- styrofoam
- clear or black “clamshell” plastic containers, trays or boxes
- other plastic containers (#7)
Downloads
YellowBox InfoCard (925 kb)
YellowBox Bookmark (326 kb)
BlueBox InfoCard (267 kb)
Collection Schedule (925 kb)
Frequently Asked Questions
I didn't get YellowBox delivered to my door. Where can I get one?
Come to Town Hall (80 Gore St E) and check in at the back counter. Bring identification with your address on it.
The YellowBox is too big for me. Can I get a smaller one?
If you wish, you can bring your YellowBox in to Town Hall and trade it in for a second BlueBox, or even just return it if you think you can get by with just one curbside box. Just remember that you will only put out only containers OR fibres on any given week.
Can I get a second YellowBox?
Yes, you can purchase a second box from Town Hall for $5.
Do I have to use a YellowBox for containers and a BlueBox for fibres?
No. You can use any colour or type of container, as long as you only put out the appropriate stream of materials on the correct week.
Why do you not accept film plastic, styrofoam and plastic trays?
There have been major problems with markets for these materials, with much of the materials now just going overseas where we have little control over how it is reused. This is particularly the case in eastern Ontario, where very few Material Recycling Facilities accept these materials.
The province has mandated industry to come up with a solution to recovering these materials, and to do so in a way which does not burden the municipal taxpayer (likely some form of depot or return to store program). We will let residents know as soon as any such solution is set up in the area.
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