Sorting
When it comes to sorting our waste, nobody enjoys the guessing game. Our What Goes Where app makes sorting your waste a snap.
Sorting your waste is easy with our What Goes Where app. Search an item and we’ll give you local options for recycling, composting, or disposal. If you can’t find a given item, check back soon, as the list is continuously updated. Or view our sorting guide.
Why Sort Waste?
Waste is created when materials are mixed together. When materials are separated, we create opportunities for reuse, composting, and recycling.
Some waste requires special handling for safe and effective burial in the landfill. This applies to Controlled Waste materials such as asbestos, mattresses, and construction waste.
The benefits to you include significant savings in tipping fees! Unsorted loads will be subject to higher tipping fees.
Sorting Tips and Tricks
Take a look in your waste bin – what materials do you see? Make a list of the materials, and estimate the volumes you produce each week. Make sure to create enough space to sort your waste correctly.
If you’re unsure where an item goes, check out our detailed sorting guide.
Developing a system that works best for you, your family, and your staff is key to waste diversion. Here are some tips and resources to create a successful waste diversion program.
- Classroom Waste Education Package – Guide
- Waste Diversion Word Search
- Waste Diversion Word Search Answer Key
- Recollect Sorting Game Lesson Plan
- Recollect Reducing Landfill Emissions Lesson Plan
- Blue Tarp Waste Audit
- Don’t Sink Your Grease Poster
- Waste Sorting Guide – also available in French, and Tagalog
- Organics Sorting Guide – also available in French, and Tagalog
You are required to sort: organics, cardboard, metals, clean wood, appliances, electronic waste and hazardous waste. Check out our new Waste Sorting Guide and Organics Sorting Guide. Click and print copies for your home and office.
Clear, to-the-point signs with labels increases the success of your waste strategy. Feel free to print and use these signs, or make your own. Make sure your signage is placed where it is easy for people to see.
Bin Stickers are also available for print:
