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)
Working with RecycleYourElectronics.ca and Ontario Electronic Stewardship, the Town offers a free drop off for the safe disposal of recycling of end-of-life electronics at the municipal landfill site.
During Spring and Fall clean-up weeks, a disposal location is set up at the Physical Services building.
Scrap metal consists of anything metal or mostly metallic. It can be recycled and/or reprocessed for other uses.
Scrap Metal items include, but not limited to:
- Bicycles
- Fences
- Lawn Mowers
- Car parts
- Steel
- Barbeques
- Stoves
- Metal roofs
- Wire
- Dryers
- Metal siding
Once per year, the municipality puts out a request for proposal to purchase and haul away the scrap metal from the landfill site. For more information regarding the request for proposal, please contact the Department of Physical Services at 705-567-9365.
The Municipality offers composters for sale at $60 (subject to annual increases, as per the Town's user fees By-law). The following are helpful tips and tricks to assist with your composting needs.
WHAT TO COMPOST
- Mulched Leaves
- Grass Clippings
- Garden Plants
- Weeds
- Dead Plants
- Manure
- Straw/Hay
- Vegetable Scraps
- Fruit Wastes
- Coffee Grounds with Filter
- Tea Bags
- Crushed Egg Shells
- Shredded Paper
- Shredded Cardboard
- Wood Shavings
WHAT NOT TO COMPOST
- Meat Scraps
- Bones
- Dairy
- Lime
- Oils
- Plastics
- Metals
- Glass
- Pet Waste
- Stone
- Fish
HOT RECIPES FOR COMPOSTING
The recipes below are based on volume and listed in descending order from hottest to least hot piles. A pile made up of ¼ to ½ high-nitrogen material will heat up rapidly and become compost faster.
Recipe #1 |
2 parts dry leaves (CC Browns)
2 parts straw or wood shavings (CCC Browns)
1 part manure (NNN Greens)
1 part grass clippings (NN Greens)
1 part fresh garden weeds (N Greens)
1 part food scraps (NN Greens) |
Recipe #2 |
2 parts dry leaves (CC Browns)
1 part fresh garden weeds (N Greens)
1 part fresh grass clippings (NN Greens)
1 part food scraps (NN Greens) |
TROUBLESHOOTING
Bad Odor:
Problems: Not enough air OR Too much water.
Solutions: Turn the pile and add carbon rich material. Decrease watering or protect from heavy rain.
Center of the Pile is Dry:
Problems: Not enough water
Solutions: Moisten and turn the pile.
Composting Pile is Cold or Only its Center is Warm:
Problems: Not enough material. Outside layer is exposed to dryness.
Solutions: Add material and turn. Cover the pile *Jute. Add nitrogen rich material.
Attracts Undesirable Insects (flies) and Animals:
Problems: Inappropriate covering of recently added kitchen waste OR Presence of non-recommended material.
Solutions: Always cover kitchen waste with soil, old compost or leaves OR Remove non-recommended material.
HOW COMPOST CAN BENEFIT YOUR SOIL
- Increases organic matter in soil.
- Builds sound root structure.
- Makes clay soils porous so they drain.
- Improves sandy soils moisture holding capacity.
- Attracts and feeds earthworms.
- Balances pH (ACIDITY/ALKALINITY) of soil.
- Helps control soil erosion.
- Reduces plant stress from drought and freezing.
- Improves vitamin and mineral content in food.
- When generously applied, replaces reliance upon petrochemical fertilizers.
HOW TO USE FINISHED COMPOST
Compost is ready to be used when it has a dark color with friable structure, and when most material cannot be identified. You can sift the compost to eliminate undesirable material. Pour this material back into the composter.
To help build a lawn that stays green all summer with low water demand, use compost generously. In building a new lawn, work in large amounts of compost to a depth of at least 6 inches before planting seed or laying sod.
You can sift your compost through a very fine screen and simply sprinkle a layer on top.
Applying compost in a wide ring directly below dripline of a tree, feeds the root system. When planting tree seedlings, blend some compost with existing soil as a soil enrichment.
Add compost to 5 or 10 centimeters (2 to 4 inches) of your soil before planting flowers or vegetables. Compost helps to retain moisture.
Rain barrels are helpful because they reduce municipal water use, as well as reducing the amount of runoff during rainstorms.
The Physical Services Department is offering rain barrels to Kirkland Lake residents for $70. The Systern Rain Barrel by Norseman is a 55 gallon barrel.
Features:
- Unique shape and neutral color blends into any garden-scape
- 208 litre / 55 gallon
- Constructed of up to 50% recycled materials
- Mosquito mesh keeps bugs and leaf debris out
- Lid is screwed onto base for added safety
- Easily accommodates existing downspouts
- Overflow hose can be linked to another SYSTERN or can be directed away from the house
- Contoured, easy-to-use spigot
What’s Included?
- 1 SYSTERN Rain Barrel
- 1 SYSTERN Rain Barrel lid
- 1 mesh screen, stainless steel (pre-installed in lid)
Package:
- 1 overflow hose, 4 feet long
- 1 faucet, with washer and nut
- 1 clamp for overflow hose
- 4 screws, Phillips, for securing lid
- 1 copy of installation instruction
Company website: www.norsemanplastics.com
As an alternative to landfilling old clothing and other textiles, why not try one of these options instead.
Donate used clothes to:
- Diabetes Red Bins (Pettenuzzos and Foodland)
- Salvation Army
- Encore Club
- Northern Bargains
NEOFACS offers the Coats for Kids in the fall
You can donate any gently used winter clothing to NEOFACS. Items are then given to a family in need.
Sell your clothing on social media
There are pages on Facebook that are dedicate for Kirkland Lake clothing sale or swap
Have a in-person or virtual yard sale
Get together with friends and have a clothing trade & swap party
Try reusing textiles on a fun craft project, like making old T-shirts into a quilt, memory bear, pillows, tanktops. Just search "used clothing crafts" into your favourite search engine for unlimited fun.