Recycling

What is allowed:

Plastic
All plastic containers # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (with exceptions), no more than 5 litres in size.

• Plastic egg cartons
• Plastic muffin containers
• Tubs and lids
• Small mouth plastic containers

Aluminum

• Pop and food cans
• Empty aerosol cans
• Empty dry paint cans  with lids removed

Food Grade Glass

• Mason jars and marinara sauce jars
• Glass pop bottles and olive oil bottles
  • Please clean the glass before recycling it!

Paper & Cardboard

• Corrugated cardboard
• Cereal boxes, pasta boxes, cookie boxes
• Toilet/paper towel tubes
• Milk cartons, fiber egg cartons, tissue boxes
• Phone books, magazines, junk mail, catalogues
• Hardcover and paperback books
• Office paper and envelopes, paper bags
• Please flatten boxes and remove Styrofoam

What’s NOT allowed

Plastic

• Styrofoam and bubble wrap
• Plastic bags and planting trays
• Plastic toys and lawn furniture
• Gas cans and lawn edging

Aluminum

• Foil laminates (e.g. potato chip bags)

Food Grade Glass

• Windows and light bulbs
• Dishes and liqueur bottles
• Aquariums

Paper & Cardboard

• Frozen food boxes with a wax/plastic coating
• Cardboard or paper heavily soiled with food or grease
• Used tissues or paper towel

• Stumps
• Hazardous Waste

We ACCEPT scrap metal/tin of all forms.

• Pots and pans
• Ovens and microwaves
• Washing machines and dryers
• Metal frames, pipes, metal filing cabinets
• BBQs, bikes, aluminum cans

Please bring assistance to unload large items.

Need to know what’s accepted? Check out our Yard Clean Up Guide

We ACCEPT items containing refrigerants. 

• Fridge, mini fridge, chest freezer
• AC unit, water cooler

Please bring assistance to unload large items.

Please notify the front attendant if you have an item containing or used to contain refrigerant.

There is a $40.00 charge per untagged item.

The charge covers the cost to have the item properly drained of its      refrigerant and tagged. If the item has had its refrigerant leaked, it is still a $40.00 charge as it still needs to be inspected and tagged.

If the item has already been tagged, it’s a $20.00 charge. Staff must be able to see the tag.

Please place these items separate from the scrap metal pile, in their    designated area.

LCBO Bottle Returns: We ACCEPT ALL LCBO returns.

They don’t get recycled with the regular recycling. All empties get returned and the funds go towards Bonfield’s Parks & Recreation!

Clothing donations: of clean and gently used clothes to the Bonfield Family Life Center, located at: 408 Gagnon St, Bonfield, ON.

If you have used clothing that you want to dispose of, donating is a great option. In fact, donating your clothes is the most socially responsible and environmentally friendly choice for disposal!

Ontario's Blue Box program is transitioning to a full Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) model by December 31, 2025. This means that the responsibility for managing and funding the recycling of packaging and paper products is shifting entirely to producers – the brand owners, first importers, and manufacturers of these materials. The goal is to create a more efficient and sustainable recycling system. While this primarily affects producers, the changes will likely impact many Ontario businesses through changes in waste collection services and increased emphasis on waste reduction and recycling. The program aims to shift the $135 million annual cost of the program (which is expected to rise to $600 million) to the 1900 producers. Since the program's inception, more than $1.6 Billion has been contributed by businesses.

The transition to the new EPR model began for Bonfield on Wednesday April 2nd, 2025.

A producer is broadly defined and can be the brand owner, first importer, or manufacturer of packaging, paper products, or packaging-like products supplied to Ontario consumers. Even small businesses can be considered producers if they meet these criteria. This can include:

• Brand owners: Those who own or license the brand under which a product is sold or distributed in Ontario, including those who import products in bulk and package them for sale. This includes retailers who carry their own brand-name product lines.
• First importers: If a brand owner is not located in Ontario, the responsibility may fall to the first company or person who imports the product into Ontario. Retailers can sometimes be classified as importers.
• Manufacturers: Companies that manufacture the products or packaging in Ontario.
• Retailers: In some cases, if there is no brand holder in Canada or importer in Ontario, the retailer who supplies the product to the customer may be considered the producer.
• Franchisors: If a business operates under a franchise model, the franchisor is deemed the producer, according to the definitions outlined above.
• Marketplace Facilitators: If a retailer is a marketplace seller (i.e., has a contract with a marketplace facilitator to sell products), the marketplace facilitator is the designated producer.

Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority (RPRA)

Circular Materials

Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016