Electronics and Hazardous Waste

The City of Cornwall offers programs to help you reduce your garbage, recycle more and dispose of your electronics and hazardous waste.

Dropping off your waste

We do not collect your house hazardous waste at the curbside. You must take your hazardous waste to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot at 2590 Cornwall Centre Rd. You don’t need to report to the scalehouse, you can just follow the signage to the proper building and drop off your hazardous materials for free.

Make sure that you properly seal your waste in a container with no leaks or cracks. The container must not contain a substance that could weaken, break or damage it. All materials need to meet our size and weight requirements:

No containers larger than 55 gallon drums
Weighs less than 22 kgs (50lbs)

Accepted materials

At the depot, we accept:

Corrosives including vehicle batteries and drain cleaners
E-waste (Electronic Waste) including computers, keyboards, monitors and televisions with no wooden console
Flammable materials including Lighter fluid, turpentine, gasoline and used oil
Light bulbs including fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps (CFL or "curly" bulbs), incandescent light bulbs, halogen bulbs, ballasts (non-pcb), etc.
Oil filters and empty oil containers
Paints (both latex and oil-based)
Reusable and single-use batteries (please keep separate)
Smoke detectors
Toxic materials including poisons, bleach, pesticides, paints, cleaning fluids, antifreeze and full or partially full aerosol cans

We cannot accept hazardous waste from businesses. We will not collect your waste if your container and/or waste is:

Unlabelled and unknown
Inside a compromised container
Radioactive
Biohazardous
Prohibited by provincial law (illegal drugs and substances)
Nuclear waste

Household Hazardous Waste Depot Days

The Hazardous Waste Depot is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Wednesdays and Saturdays in the months listed below.

You can drop off your hazardous waste:

Wednesday, April 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

You can drop off your hazardous waste:

Wednesday, May 7 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, May 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 24 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

You can drop off your hazardous waste:

Wednesday, June 11 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 14 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, June 25 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

You can drop off your hazardous waste:

Wednesday, July 2 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, July 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, July 16 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, July 19 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m

August schedule

You can drop off your hazardous waste:

Wednesday, August 6 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, August 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, August 27 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, August 30 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

September schedule

You can drop off your hazardous waste:

Wednesday, September 10 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, September 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, September 24 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, September 27 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

October schedule

You can drop off your hazardous waste:

Wednesday, October 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, October 11 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, October 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, October 25 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

November schedule

You can drop off your hazardous waste:

Wednesday, November 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, November 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, November 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, November 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m

Electronics

We have a free electronics recycling program at the landfill at 2590 Cornwall Centre Rd. The electronics recycling depot is open Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can drop off any amount of household electronic waste.

We accept:

Cellular devices
Desktop computers
Desktop printers (scanners, copiers)
Display devices
Floor standing photocopiers/multi-function devices
Home audio/video systems
Home Theatre in a Box (HTB) systems
Non-cellular telephones
Personal/portable audio/video systems (docking speakers, portable speakers, MP3 players, digital video cameras, voice recorders, CD players)
Portable computers
Computer peripherals (mouse, keyboard, speakers)
Vehicle audio/video systems (aftermarket)

Paint Reuse Centre

The Paint Reuse Centre at 2590 Cornwall Centre Rd is open during Household Hazardous Waste Depot Days. You are welcome to take home and use any leftover paint, stain or sealant. Please note that these are free products, and we cannot guarantee their quality.

Tires

We have a free tire recycling program at 2590 Cornwall Centre Rd. The tire recycling depot is open Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

We accept:

Passenger Light Truck (PL/T) Tires
Medium Truck Tires
Off Road Tires < or = 1PTE
Off Road Tires >1 PTE
Tires that are on or off metal rims

Each year, we recycle tonnes of tires that are made into rubber mats for children's playgrounds around Ontario.

Wood recycling

You can drop off untreated and unpainted wood for $65.00 per tonne to the landfill at 2590 Cornwall Centre Rd from Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can also pick up clean wood for your home and garden projects. A contractor grinds the wood we collect into woodchips and they’re used in large landscaping projects throughout Eastern Ontario.