Bring your household, automotive, lawn and garden chemicals in their original containers to Envirotec (100 Cory Road - north on Idylwyld Drive and Highway 12, turn right just past Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers). Material collected will be recycled or reused whenever possible.

The Household Hazardous Waste program is open to Saskatoon residents only, and no commercial hazardous products of any kind will be accepted.

Products accepted between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on the dates indicated below.

2012 Dates: 

 The following materials are acceptable:

Adhesives - contact cement, caulking, sealer, carpet and linoleum adhesives, glue

Aerosols - hair spray, insect repellant, lubricant spray, furniture cleaner

Automotive - used engine oil, used engine oil filters, antifreeze, batteries, carburetor cleaners, oil fuel, windshield cleaner

Batteries - automotive, cellphone, dry-cell, NiCad, lithium, alkali, lead-acid

Cleaners - oven cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, glass cleaner, spot remover, disinfectants, car wax

Corrosives - drain cleaner, engine degreaser, ammonia, battery acid, sulfuric acid

Fuels - gasoline, diesel, kerosene, lamp oil, oil/gas mixture

Mercury - mercury, thermometers, thermostats, fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lights (CFLs)

Oxidizers - chlorine, bleach, pool chemicals, fertilizers, hydrogen peroxide, septic tank chemicals

Poisons - lawn herbicides, garden chemicals, rat poison, gopher killer, insecticides

Pharmaceuticals - old prescription drugs, medicines (no sharps or biological waste)

Propane Cylinders - barbeque cylinders, camp cylinders

Solvents - paint thinner, acetone, varsol, alcohol, benzene, xylene, naphtha

 

PLEASE NOTE:

Paint - Paint is not accepted by Envirotec. Please see SARCAN's Saskatchewan Paint Recycling Program

Electronics - Electronics are not accepted by Envirotec. Please see SARCAN's Saskatchewan Waste Electronic Equipment Program (SWEEP)

Please visit the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council's site for tips on non-toxic cleaning products.

Watch this page for updates as additional locations within Saskatoon are expected for 2012.

Any questions about our Household Hazardous Waste program please contact us at environmental.services@saskatoon.ca or call our Waste Stream Management Customer Service Line at 975-2486.