You can do your part to keep recycle items out of the landfill. The City of Kenora offers free recycling services at the curbside and at the Transfer Station recycle depot. You may also wish to participate in Freecycle Days in Kenora in May and September, promoted by our Sustainability Advisory Committee.
What Goes Where search tool
Use the Recycle Coach What Goes Where search tool to help you decide where to put your waste items.
Recycle at curbside
- plastics with #1, #2, or# 5 recycle symbol (triangle)
- box board, such as milk cartons, juice tetra packs, fibre egg cartons
- corrugated cardboard (breakdown to 30 cm by 30 cm square or smaller)
- magazines, catalogues, inserts, flyers,
- newspapers
- tin and aluminum food and beverage cans
- white office paper
Curbside recycle collection service
- Place loosely in a Blue Box or suitable container. Multiple Blue Boxes may be used.
- Plastic bags cannot be used, except for shredded paper. Items in plastic bags will not be collected.
- Flatten and crush to fit more in your Blue Box
- Rinse and clean.
- Put your Blue Box or container at the curb by 8 a.m. on your collection day.
Your recycling was not picked up because
Items were in a plastic bag
Blue Box was not at the curb by 8 a.m.
Paper products were wet
There was garbage or soiled items
Items were not sorted properly
There were glass items
Not for the Blue Box
- aluminum plates
- black microwave trays
- broken toys
- cardboard with wax surface
- cassettes or CD covers
- ceramic items (plates, mugs, tiles)
- chip bags
- clothing or rags
- diapers or liquid absorbing pads
- facial tissue
- furnace or air filters
- glass
- light bulbs
- motor oil containers
- orange Tide Pods container
- paint cans
- paper towel
- plant pots
- plastic bags
- plastic wrap
- soft plastic
- Styrofoam
- toilet paper
- vinyl products
- waxed paper
- wood or wood products
Purchase a Blue Box
You can buy a Blue Box at:
or from local retail stores.
Transfer Station recycle depot
If you missed your regular collection day, you can drop off recycle items into separate collector bins free of charge.
- food beverage and plastic containers with #1,#2, and #5
- batteries
- box board
- cans
- electronic waste
- fluorescent tube lights
- glass
- grass and leaves
- paper
- small passenger vehicle tires
Do not use plastic bags to bundle recycle items. Dump directly into the appropriate collector bin.
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