Waste and Recycling

General

As always, you can take your cottage waste to one of two nearby transfer stations, or to the Site 9 landfill site (for larger waste items and construction waste) on Highway 69, with varying hours of operation. See below, or consult the Township website for complete details and up-to-date hours.

Waste Disposal Pass

At any of the facilities listed below (including the Parry Sound Transfer Station), you may be required to present your Township of the Archipelago Waste Disposal Pass. Don’t have a pass? You can apply for one here:

• online: Township website
• phone: 705-746-4243 ext. 338

Pre-sorting your Waste

What is acceptable as waste at the facilities listed below? See the simplified list below. A complete guide can be found here. Pre-sort your waste as follows:

1. Garbage (everything not included below, but not large or hazardous items, construction waste or brush)
2. Recyclable fibres (cardboard, newspaper, paper, cartons)
3. Recyclable containers (cans, bottles, plastics)

Summer Hours *

Day	Pointe au Baril Transfer Station	Bayfield Inlet Transfer Station	Site 9 Landfill (see below)
Sun	8 am–8 pm	8 am–8 pm	Closed
Mon	8 am–8 pm	8 am–noon	8 am–5 pm
Tues	8 am–8 pm	Closed	Closed
Wed	8 am–8 pm	8 am–noon	8 am–5 pm
Thurs	8 am–8 pm	Closed	Closed
Fri	8 am–8 pm	Closed	8 am–5 pm
Sat	8 am–8 pm	Closed	8 am–5 pm

* Victoria Day to Thanksgiving — for winter hours go here

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous waste in NOT accepted at either Transfer Station or at the Site 9 landfill. As a Township resident you can take hazardous waste to the Parry Sound Transfer Station at 57 MacFarlane Street (just south of downtown and Tower Hill). What is included in hazardous waste? See here.

Site 9 Landfill

The Site 9 Landfill, located about five kilometres south of Pointe au Baril on the west side of Highway 69, accepts regular garbage and recyclables, plus the following items (none of which can be left at the Transfer Stations):

• large items (furniture and appliances)
• expired 20 lb propane tanks
• construction or demolition materials (like your old dock, cut into small pieces)
• chippable wood or brush waste
• scrap metal
• electronic waste
• single use batteries
• clothing and textiles

Re-use your unwanted large items!

Site 9 also accepts RE-USE items — i.e. you can leave working items like appliance or furniture, so that someone else can give them a second life, instead of throwing them away.

Large Item Disposal Days

There are two Sundays every summer, in late June and on the August long weekend, when you can conveniently leave large items at the Bayfield Government Dock for free (rather than transporting it yourself to the Site 9 Landfill and paying a fee). See the calendar for this year’s dates. Here’s a quick guide to what you can and can’t leave at the dock on those two special days.

Acceptable large items for disposal:

• cottage furniture (beds, mattresses, tables, chairs, etc.)
• outdoor items (barbecues, deck furniture, lawnmowers without gas or oil in them)
• appliances (there’s a $30 surcharge for fridges and items containing refrigerant)

Unacceptable items for disposal:

• regular garbage and recyclables (take these to the Transfer Stations as usual)
• hazardous materials (take them to Parry Sound, see above)
• propane tanks (take this to Site 9, see above)
• tools, tires, batteries, electronics (take them to Parry Sound, see above)
• cars or boats (or their parts)
• small appliances (microwaves, toaster ovens, etc. — take these to Site 9, see above)
• construction waste and old docks (take these to Site 9, see above)

Note: The Large Item Disposal drop off is for boats only; you can’t drop off items with a vehicle. There is no equivalent program for Nares residents who don’t want to boat to Bayfield on large item days. However, disposal fees for large items taken to Site 9 will be waived on those days.