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Waste Management & Recycling

KIRKLAND LAKE LANDFILL
REGULAR HOURS OF OPERATION

Please be advised of regular hours of operation at the Kirkland Lake Landfill.
This change will be effective Saturday April 1, 2023.


Monday to Saturday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday: CLOSED

Household Waste Collection

The collection of household waste is conducted weekly by Green For Life Environmental (GFL), working under contract with the Town of Kirkland Lake. GFL is also responsible for the recycling contract, which involves a bi-weekly residential curbside collection and transporting of materials to the market. Note: GFL collects only small blue boxes and blue carts. To ensure pick-up, recyclable material must be placed loose within a box or cart. Recyclables which are bagged (i.e. in a 'blue' bag) may not be collected.

If you need information regarding pick-up days in your neighbourhood, or have any other questions, please contact the Public Works Department at 705-567-9365.

For information about GFL or to inquire about a missed collection, contact GFL directly at 705-570-3948.

Where automated collection services is provided, waste shall be placed curbside for collection in accordance with the following:

  • All Carts must be a minimum of 0.6 metres (2 feet) apart and also be 0.9 metres (3 feet) from any obstruction
  • All carts must be placed in such a way that the opening is facing the roadway
  • All carts must be placed on a flat surface to avoid overturning
  • All garbage placed in the black carts must be bagged
  • All recycling deposited in the blue carts must be loose

A cart may be refused at the curb and will not be emptied if it:

  • is unclean or unsanitary
  • is not properly placed at curbside
  • is not accessible to collection vehicles or employees
  • poses a danger to the safety of collection employees
  • may cause damage to the collection equipment
  • in combination with its contents, exceeds the rated capacity of the equipment
  • is not an approved waste container

The following are items not permitted to be placed at the curbside:

  • white goods, such as fridges, stoves, washers or dryers
  • building materials, broken plaster, cement or construction/renovation waste
  • propane tanks and barbeque starters
  • tree trunks, stumps, loose leaves
  • broken glass
  • needles/sharps, dressing and bandages
  • paints, varasols
  • gasoline, oil, antifreeze, solvents (and their containers)
  • car parts
  • poisons, pesticides, herbicides
  • pool chemicals, ammonia, bleach
  • cleaning fluids, drain cleaners, over cleaners
  • liquids of any kinds
  • any material which become frozen to a container and cannot be removed from by shaking

Collection Routes

Hazardous Waste

Household Hazardous Waste Events are scheduled when budget permits to provide residents an opportunity to dispose of leftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients. This includes but is not limited to products such as paints, antifreeze, cleaners, oils, pesticides and their containers.

Town Council approved a one-day drop off event for Saturday, October 26, 2024.

HOW

  • DO NOT mix materials.
  • For your own protection, deliver the hazardous waste material labeled in the trunk of your car
  • All materials must be clearly marked.
  • If the container is damaged, package the container in a plastic bag in order not to spill it during the journey to the collection site.
  • Wash your hands thoroughly after handling the chemicals.

WHAT

  • Automotive and Garage products
    Antifreeze, Transmission fluid, batteries and battery acid, gasoline, diesel fuel kerosene, motor oil, auto waxes, automotive fluids.
  • Paints and paint related materials – DO NOT mix latex with oil base paints
    Oil base and latex paint, furniture and paint strippers, driveway sealers and roof patch, brush cleaners, primers, stains, varnishes, wood preservative, linseed oil, wood stains, varsol, solvents, thinners and turpentine
  • Pesticides and garden products
    Flea collars and sprays, mothballs, roach and ant poisons, arsenicals, fungicides, fertilizers, insecticides, weed killers (herbicide), molluscicides (slugs & snail bait), rat and mouse poisons
  • Household Cleaning Products
    Ammonia-based, chlorine bleach, disinfectants, drain decloggers (acids and bases), oven cleaners, window cleaners
  • Miscellaneous Products
    Aerosols (empty containers as well), dry cell batteries (disposable & rechargeable), propane cylinders, BBQ lighter fluids, fluorescent light tubes and bulbs (unbroken), photographic chemicals, pharmaceuticals (medicines & old prescriptions) and sharps (place in a rigid plastic container),nail polish & nail polish remover, thermometers, thermostats and switches, glues and adhesives, pool chemicals and bleach (DO NOT MIX. Keep separate from each other and from other chemicals)