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The City of Burlington and Halton Region provide services for garbage, recycling and yard waste collection.

The Halton Waste Management Site provides Burlington residents with recycling services, waste disposal and more.

Learn how to safely dispose of household hazardous waste and what types of hazardous waste we accept.

Halton Region provides Burlington residents with yard waste collection every other week. Loose-leaf collection is done by the City in the fall.

Learn how you can minimize littering and participate in community clean up events.

Explore our programs and initiatives to lower pressure on our regional landfill as well as waste prevention tips.

In Ontario, there are a number of programs that offer enhanced recycling services, including:

In November 2011, Council adopted a green procurement policy and added these policies to our procurement bylaws.

The following battery and cellphone recycling drop off containers are currently unavailable due to COVID-19:

Follow these guidelines when recycling your batteries and cellphones.

See the volume in kilograms of batteries and cellphones recycled each year:

In 2009, Council approved a zero-waste strategy. To reduce garbage, we have:

We developed the Thirsty campaign to promote the use of tap water and decrease the sale of bottled water at City facilities. Tap water is convenient, inexpensive and tested for safety by Halton Region. Some things we have done to encourage people to use tap water instead of bottled water include:

In 2011, Council endorsed that Burlington became a Blue Community.

There are many ways you can reduce waste in our community, including:

You can use water more efficiently both indoors and outdoors.

There are many ways you can increase your water use efficiency indoors, including:

There are lots of ways to increase your water use efficiency outdoors, including:

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